A friend just forwarded me a story that recounts how television talking head Glenn Beck decries churches that call for social justice, revealing how such are either covert Communists or Nazis.
He really is a nutjob.
My ongoing concern is that he appears to have a very large following.
I wonder if people believe this stuff and bother, or just find him entertaining in a creepy sort of way.
I fear some take him seriously. And what a sad universe they live in…
On the other hand, perhaps there are those who read of his rant about churches that care for people and think perhaps in fact their churches are not sufficiently involved in matters of justice.
Could that be you?
Possibly you’re looking for a church that holds the individual as precious and knows that each individual exists only woven out of each other person and the world itself.
And maybe want a church that takes these insights into what we are and thinks it should inform how we treat each other and the world.
If that’s your case, and you live in the neighborhood of Providence, you might check us out.
Or, if not, you might go here for pointers to a church in your area that likely has a significant social justice lean…