Do we think “Christianly” about what happens in our world? I know most of you who read this blog and others like it do!! Our faith is such a robust one that it truly can handle even the biggest questions of the day…

How do we think “Christianly”…

about the Syrian refugee crisis?

about allowing refugees to settle in our communities?

about assisted-suicide?

about abortion?

about helping women dealing with ‘unwanted’ pregnancies?

about climate change?

about gun laws?

about the upcoming presidential election?

about the candidates for the upcoming presidential election?

about immigration policies?

about immigrants settling in our communities?

I’m sure I left many other hard issues out, but sometimes I encounter folks–well-intentioned folks–who just don’t like to think about these hard issues because there aren’t easy answers and they could lead to uneasy conversations.

But, the fact is that it doesn’t matter if you think about these things or not–they still impact your life and the lives of your loved ones.

As Paul says in Colossians 3:12-17:

“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Amen, now let’s get dealing with those hard things the way Christ would have us!

More to come…
Jeremy