Majoring in Minors, Minoring in Majors
Excerpt from Numbers 12:1-2
"Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. 'Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?' they asked. 'Hasn't the Lord also spoken through us?' And the Lord heard this." (NIV)
Reflection by Kenneth L. Samuel
Determining what's really important and pertinent to our lives is an ongoing struggle. Too often we confuse the tangential with the essential. Why else would high school sports command the attention of the multitudes while high school graduation rates plummet with little public concern? Or what about the fact that more people are likely to vote for the next "American Idol" than for the next governor of their state? And we all know that more of us watched the royal wedding of Prince William and Lady Katherine than President Obama's address to the joint session of Congress regarding the American Jobs Bill. And this is to say nothing of how the NFL, the NBA and NASCAR actually determine much of our church calendars.
The children of Israel had been delivered from bondage in Egypt, but they faced colossal challenges as they sought to posses their land of promise. They had settlements to negotiate, communities to build, children to nurture and a destiny to realize. But in the midst of these awesome challenges and opportunities, Miriam and Aaron turned their attention to the personal prerogatives of their brother Moses. They murmured against Moses' selection of a woman from Ethiopia (a Cushite) to be his wife.
How sad that even to this day, so many people choose to neglect the pertinent matters of the common good in their self-righteous quests to regulate the personal liberties of other individuals. While the nation stagnates in the grip of economic crisis, there are those whose main agenda is the denial of marriage equality to all Americans. While public schools falter and crime increases and prisons multiply, many can focus only on the repeal of women's reproductive rights. While globalization has made the need for multi-religious dialogue more necessary than ever, there are those who think it is of vital importance to deny the building of a mosque near Ground Zero.
Isn't it time that we redeem the time by reassessing our priorities and deciding what's really important?
Prayer
Gracious God, please give us discernment to know what is pertinent and vital to our common good. And give us respect for the individual liberties of all. Amen.
Excerpt from Numbers 12:1-2
"Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. 'Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?' they asked. 'Hasn't the Lord also spoken through us?' And the Lord heard this." (NIV)
Reflection by Kenneth L. Samuel
Determining what's really important and pertinent to our lives is an ongoing struggle. Too often we confuse the tangential with the essential. Why else would high school sports command the attention of the multitudes while high school graduation rates plummet with little public concern? Or what about the fact that more people are likely to vote for the next "American Idol" than for the next governor of their state? And we all know that more of us watched the royal wedding of Prince William and Lady Katherine than President Obama's address to the joint session of Congress regarding the American Jobs Bill. And this is to say nothing of how the NFL, the NBA and NASCAR actually determine much of our church calendars.
The children of Israel had been delivered from bondage in Egypt, but they faced colossal challenges as they sought to posses their land of promise. They had settlements to negotiate, communities to build, children to nurture and a destiny to realize. But in the midst of these awesome challenges and opportunities, Miriam and Aaron turned their attention to the personal prerogatives of their brother Moses. They murmured against Moses' selection of a woman from Ethiopia (a Cushite) to be his wife.
How sad that even to this day, so many people choose to neglect the pertinent matters of the common good in their self-righteous quests to regulate the personal liberties of other individuals. While the nation stagnates in the grip of economic crisis, there are those whose main agenda is the denial of marriage equality to all Americans. While public schools falter and crime increases and prisons multiply, many can focus only on the repeal of women's reproductive rights. While globalization has made the need for multi-religious dialogue more necessary than ever, there are those who think it is of vital importance to deny the building of a mosque near Ground Zero.
Isn't it time that we redeem the time by reassessing our priorities and deciding what's really important?
Prayer
Gracious God, please give us discernment to know what is pertinent and vital to our common good. And give us respect for the individual liberties of all. Amen.
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