This week's capital commentary from the Center for Public Justice reminds us of our need to think long term as communities of faith in the face of our present crisis. Below you will find the opening paragraph. You can follow the link for the entire article:
Civic Revival in the Face of Scarcity
December 5, 2008
Four decades ago, the French ethicist Jacques Ellul warned Christians about the dangers of allowing the media to determine which social issues to engage. Ellul's concern was with the short shelf life of the media's attention to certain social problems. When churches become socially active solely because of such media coverage, Ellul reasoned, they drop the issue when the media turns its attention elsewhere. This truncates religiously based social engagement, leaving it incomplete, captive to press interests, and unable to discern its own course of action. In the rush and pressing immediacy of today's events, we are in desperate need of deep and long-term discernment.
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