Are you, like me, fed up with the conservative right defining your type of Christianity for you? Are you disgusted with the revisionist historians that are looking to re-write and rework the constitution to suit their own narrow interests? Are you just sick and tired of self-righteous and self-indulgent Christians spewing hate and condemnation on their fellow man - ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS?

Then the time to speak and act is now. WWJD? Four little letters that stand for What Would Jesus Do? It is high time that responsible Christians seize the moment to remind the world that Christ came to deliver us from evil, not into evil; that he came to feed the hungry, not chastise them for not having a strong enough work ethic; that he came to cure the sick, not remind them that their health care plan was still better than Canada's (which it isn't); to forgive the sinner, not condemn them for an alternative lifestyle. Jesus loved people - ALL PEOPLE. But he particularly loved children. How would he feel to know that a nation that supposedly follows him allows one in five to live in abject poverty or that 2 in 5 are functionally illiterate?

To that end this blog has been created to encourage Christians to discuss ways in which we can get the message out to all who care to listen that the real Christ is in the gospels - not the temples of hate that regretably pass for some of our churches.

I am tired of hearing what Christians are against! Instead I want to know what we stand for. We won't have far to look if we open up those four gospels. Everything Jesus stood for is right there. If all we do is condemn and ridicule how are we any better than those we purport to want to "save?" If indeed it is our "mission" to bring the good news of Christ to the peoples of the world, then let's give them a message that has good news in it.

As someone who is in sales I can attest to this most diffinitive truth: Nothing kills a bad product better than good advertizing! Right now what the world is seeing is a VERY bad product getting a lot of free advertizing. It's time to change the channel, time that the world got to see a different product.

Let's start.

Some Ground rules.
1. Cursing is not allowed. If you feel so inclined there are other avenues available to you. I wish you luck in your endeavors.
2. Keep It Christ-centered. It seems to me that we have heard enough from hate-minded individuals who have no scruples about borrowing the words of Jesus for their own agendas; the least we can do is return the favor.
3. All Opinions Count. Even those that differ from the above statement.
4. ACT NOW! While your opinions are important your actions speak volumes about your faith. See the epistle by James if you need further evidence that faith without works is meaningless. Contact you local representative or congressman; run for office; or, if that's too ambitious, join your city council or townhall.
5. Pray, Pray, Pray. Rememeber we are - ALL OF US - children of God, and God listens to his Children.