Genocides always continue on too long, no matter when they’re stopped. Rwanda went on for too long, as did Hitler's terror in Eurpoe. Darfur is the next place in this unfortunate sequence of mass murder - unless a new approach is taken. Welcome to my world.
Block knows what he’s talking about, and anyone looking to start something or change something should read this book. As should anyone wondering, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” no matter how old you are.
Of course, these rich people from their pedestal say the same about those in the opposite social class with an effect and cause argument: you’re poor, so you must have done something for God not to bless you. Tell that to Mother Teresa.
Here's another stellar paper I wrote for school, should anyone care.
So the question of the day is: what has a bigger impact for God in the world: giving money so that I can legislate discrimination or seeing to it that hungry people get food?
I really try not to give a crap about political commercials.
Holly Rankin Zaher is a voice in the emergent conversation who desires to see that the church is relevant to the world it's in. She blogs about life and church, and she believes the two meet more often than we think.