i found another old blog that i love. this is still something close to my heart although the last few years of my life have been more centered around other things.
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i.am.ready.for.summer.
not so much ready to graduate... as just... ready for summer (sun and tans and swimming lessons and summer nights and tank tops and no homework). i'm glad i have no official plans so that there's no reason to.. you know... start working right away... or taking lots of summer classes or anything.
the last bit of school after spring break is always hectic. this week, for instance. yeesh. more to do on top of normally having too much to do anyhow. thursday night i'm booked from 5pm until 11pm (at least). when it's over... i'll have to mostly likely write most of my 8 page research paper. brilliant. i'm sure it'll be a winner.
in christian life we talked about the social justice tradition in christianity. there are three areas... the personal (combating selfishness... consumerism... etc.) the social (what most of our churches do pretty well with with mission trips and food drives, etc.) and the institutional (government. such as how the Jews used to have a year of jubilee every 50 years in which ALL debts were forgiven and wealth and land was redistributed.) this last one caught my attention. we consider ourselves mostly a "christian" nation... and yet... our biggest fear is that redistribution... WE call it COMMUNISM! our worst enemy is the very principle God wishes governments to be founded upon. we see our institutional involvement as voting republican so we can fight the Christian's other biggest foe... abortion. now... i'm NOT saying that abortion isn't a problem we should fight. but i AM saying that there ARE OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES. health care. foster care. the abuse of migrant workers. prostitution. there are a lot of other things we need to work on overcoming. voting republican isn't enough.
my discussion group talked about what the church would do if every 7 years... all the wealth in the church was evenly distributed. what would people say? they'd be pissed! the rich would revolt! but that's part of the history of God's people. we take care of each other. the blessing that befalls on one person is meant for the many. now. i know i am an idealist. if someone took what little wealth i had and redistributed it to other people's debts... i'd probably get mad. i'd have selfishness issues come out... no doubt. but this is what i want to strive for. i believe in this idea... and i believe it is what God wishes for us to do."
living in louisiana has been eye opening. i have seen things that i had never seen before. i realize how... terribly complicated life and people and government are. but i believe people have ALWAYS been complicated. there has always been greed and selfishness and laziness. God knew that when he designed his government for Israel. i just think it's interesting to think about. hopefully one day soon i'll move closer to action.
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