Man, Pat Robertson needs to go away from the public stage entirely. And more people need to be listening to sound Christian perspectives from people like Pete Wehner instead.
The images from Haiti say so much. Why do fools like Robertson distract us? And why do others use times like these to take a fool’s comments and call Christianity into question by implication?
If Christians are to say anything bold or controversial at this time, may it be silence fools in Christian clothing. May it be that we the people together take our unique leadership role as citizens seriously, and even to call upon our government to seize a unique opportunity afforded by this moment.
If there is ever a time to be liberal it is now, for real! We should set aside all talk of bailing ourselves out and instead talk about how the world’s leading nation should set the example for the strong relating to the weak in this world. We should do it for no other reason than it is right, and there are fellow human beings in dire need. We are still the richest nation in the world with the opportunity to do something very good right now.
Self-forgetfulness need not only be personal. So what if we are in bad shape economically? Let’s look to serving Haiti and forget about looking at ourselves for a while.
Could not our government give major tax credits to U.S. companies to rapidly rebuild Haiti? May one man like me lift my voice and call upon our President to lean forward in the creation of a rich incentive plan that enables swift action bt one of our richest national assets–the ingenuity of Americans at work?
Mr. President, please use your great voice to send forth the clarion call to our leading corporate citizens:
Go! Save every life you can. Heal every broken body you can. Remove the rubble quickly as you can. Erect new schools and get the children back to learning right away. Bring in food and plant new crops everywhere you can. Invest. Renew. Recycle. Rebuild. Shower that broken nation with the full support and care of the United States, and do it now!
I know I still dream like a child. But the older I get, the more I need that dreaming child within me. This is a broken world, and as a Christian I know I have the supreme answer to its brokenness–the one whose body was broken to reconcile God and man. This is my hope as a man and as a boy. With the hope of our greatest problem solved with such lavish love and kindness, I don’t think it is mere boyish dreaminess to think that a call to lavish love and liberal kindness is the right Christian word in season right now, and even the right solution for the great problems that confront us in this fallen world.