The Borders of Things

Paul,

I hope the Beckett articla was a humor peice. One cannot be to sure these days. I read the Gary Wills artical and very much appreciated it. I generally like his other writings as well. The artical goes with a thot I have been entertaining. I am questioning whether Christians are called to organized political presuure. Much of my thinking comes from my embarassment of being associated and somehow accountable for the actions of Dobson and Falwell and Robertson. But also from the tangable target such organizations become for those who oppose them. And when they shoot at them...they don't try to take out a certain buck or doe but try to eliminate the whole herd!! My thinking has been partially spawned by reading about the 1st 3 centuries of Christianity. The faith had a huge impact pre Constintine. They literally turned the world on it's head and speread dramatically. All with a grass based localized church and no visible, political banner carring movements. Acts of kindness, love, concern for reach other and the poor. Heroic acts when called to suffer and die for their faith. A much greater impact than 75 years of evangelical activism. It seems to me that if more Christians just lived trully Christ like lives of love and service, and merely voted their conscience when they entered the voting booth, we would be less vulnerable to broadside attacks of a few spokesmen who do not speak for me, and would quetly take over the earth which I believe is the Lord's message of the Kingdom in the parables of the mustard seed and leaven. Queit, imperceptable speading into the whole batch of dough.

Dad

Paul, I posted without editing. I didn't mean gras based but grassroot based!!! You know where that came from!!

Dad

Dad:

The Beckett was a pure joke. The Onion is a parody news paper. Glad you liked the Wills piece--I whole-heartedly agree with you. I think I'm going to post on this a bit more later.