As a member of the United Church of Canada, my wife receives The United Church Observer, a monthly publication offering an array of interesting pieces and interviews. This month's issue has an interview with renowned journalist and activist Chris Hedges, a man whose deep social convictions and activism I deeply admire and have written about previously.
In the interview, echoing a theme found in his Death of the Liberal Class, Hedges discusses the failure of the so-called 'liberal churches' to confront the deeply entrenched problems we face today such as poverty, climate change, and the abuse of power that seems to define political systems everywhere. I hope you will take a few minutes to read his thoughts and to be reminded that the pursuit of justice requires commitment and action, not just the holding of views that challenge the status quo.
Thanks, Lorne, for the link. Christ found himself in the same spot, didn't he?
ReplyDelete'Christ Hedges'? Freudian slurp or sarcasm?
ReplyDeleteThe irony (or is it hypocrisy?) of mainline church behavior is quite striking, isn't it, Owen? I also noticed my subconscious slip in the title spelling of Hedges' first name.
ReplyDeleteFreudian slip, I 'm afraid, Anon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this, Lorne. I haven't seen a copy of the Observer since my parents died.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Mound.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lorne, for the picture. Now we know what He looks like.
ReplyDeleteI think, Anon, that His face is seen more than we realize, especially in those who are fighting injustice anywhere and everywhere in the world.
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