Comments on: Tuesday Book Club – Justice in the Burbs 2 http://www.emergingwomen.us/2007/10/09/tuesday-book-club-justice-in-the-burbs-2/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:35:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Julie http://www.emergingwomen.us/2007/10/09/tuesday-book-club-justice-in-the-burbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3612 Julie Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.emergingwomen.us/2007/10/09/tuesday-book-club-justice-in-the-burbs-2/#comment-3612 I think in many ways it is easy to talk about the big picture stuff (AIDS in Africa) while ignoring the needs right around you. I know I'm guilty of this. At the same time, those big issues won't just go away and often there are not "local" people available to solve them either. There seems to need to be a balance. We do live in a global world. If the media would take the time to show us, there is vast injustice occuring that I don't think would continue if it was constantly made public.<br/><br/>As for the government thing, I am torn. All governments are corrupt and are swayed by power not morality. But if the winds that blow tell the leaders that the people care about moral issues, then to retain power they will focus on those issues. So I am all for writing letters to the government, meeting with representitives, and lobbying for bills that help others. some things (like Debt Relief which is the root of so many other issues) can only be solved on the government level (because they are the ones that created the mess in the first place).<br/><br/>This has been on my mind recently and I blogged about it <a HREF="http://julieclawson.blogspot.com/2007/09/kingdom-vs-utopia.html" REL="nofollow">here</a>. I think in many ways it is easy to talk about the big picture stuff (AIDS in Africa) while ignoring the needs right around you. I know I’m guilty of this. At the same time, those big issues won’t just go away and often there are not “local” people available to solve them either. There seems to need to be a balance. We do live in a global world. If the media would take the time to show us, there is vast injustice occuring that I don’t think would continue if it was constantly made public.

As for the government thing, I am torn. All governments are corrupt and are swayed by power not morality. But if the winds that blow tell the leaders that the people care about moral issues, then to retain power they will focus on those issues. So I am all for writing letters to the government, meeting with representitives, and lobbying for bills that help others. some things (like Debt Relief which is the root of so many other issues) can only be solved on the government level (because they are the ones that created the mess in the first place).

This has been on my mind recently and I blogged about it here.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.emergingwomen.us/2007/10/09/tuesday-book-club-justice-in-the-burbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3611 Kimberly Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:54:00 +0000 http://www.emergingwomen.us/2007/10/09/tuesday-book-club-justice-in-the-burbs-2/#comment-3611 I haven't been able to pick up the book so hope these comments are relevant. Mother Theresa said , "Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person". I have wrestled with Jemila's question as when I hear of injustice in the media I often have a passionate knee-jerk response of "something's got to be done" but on a global scale it all seems so overwhelming and I'm not sure how I can make a difference, and after awhile I forget. Being a parent is great medicine for this as I take seriously the fact that I am responsible for opening my kids eyes to the world around them (and in the process my own are opened). Oppression is everywhere it seems, whether it is physically in a third world country or here in North America where materialism makes slaves of us all. Creating space in my life to "wake up" and see the injustice right here in my own backyard, with those closest to me and in my community, is personal and inspires me to action. Even of the smallest kind. I have to believe that the ripple affect of these actions, despite their small scale, makes a difference. I haven’t been able to pick up the book so hope these comments are relevant. Mother Theresa said , “Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person”. I have wrestled with Jemila’s question as when I hear of injustice in the media I often have a passionate knee-jerk response of “something’s got to be done” but on a global scale it all seems so overwhelming and I’m not sure how I can make a difference, and after awhile I forget. Being a parent is great medicine for this as I take seriously the fact that I am responsible for opening my kids eyes to the world around them (and in the process my own are opened). Oppression is everywhere it seems, whether it is physically in a third world country or here in North America where materialism makes slaves of us all. Creating space in my life to “wake up” and see the injustice right here in my own backyard, with those closest to me and in my community, is personal and inspires me to action. Even of the smallest kind. I have to believe that the ripple affect of these actions, despite their small scale, makes a difference.

]]> By: Jemila Kwon http://www.emergingwomen.us/2007/10/09/tuesday-book-club-justice-in-the-burbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3610 Jemila Kwon Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:56:00 +0000 http://www.emergingwomen.us/2007/10/09/tuesday-book-club-justice-in-the-burbs-2/#comment-3610 I think in order to be aware in a way that leads to caring we need less abstract preaching and more stories and films that depict the real life impact of social justice/injustice on specific people and families that we can relate to as human beings. I think in order to be aware in a way that leads to caring we need less abstract preaching and more stories and films that depict the real life impact of social justice/injustice on specific people and families that we can relate to as human beings.

]]> By: James Diggs http://www.emergingwomen.us/2007/10/09/tuesday-book-club-justice-in-the-burbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3607 James Diggs Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.emergingwomen.us/2007/10/09/tuesday-book-club-justice-in-the-burbs-2/#comment-3607 Thanks for the book recommendation. I am going to check it out.<br/><br/>peace,<br/><br/>James Thanks for the book recommendation. I am going to check it out.

peace,

James

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