So you call yourself a Christian?

What does it mean to be a Christian? Jesus cared about people. That’s why he died. Christians are called to be like him, so why don’t the majority of people who call themselves Christians care enough to do something about the people around them who are dying. How do we dare ignore what is going on all around us? We whine about abortions, but what are the majority of us doing to ensure that women have no need of an abortion? It is not enough to try to ban it. We have to make it unnecessary. We have to get involved in the nitty-gritty everyday fight to reach girls before they get pregnant out of wedlock, to reach them when they are pregnant with no idea what to do next, when they have no money to feed another mouth, when they are so strung out that they are not capable of caring for a child.

It is not enough to feel pity. It is not enough to pass laws, although laws are important. It is not enough to bicker about who is to blame. We have to do something. Unless you are willing to make a difference, you do not have the right to complain.

We have to get out on the streets and give the kids with nowhere to go somewhere to call home, someone to look up to. We have to show those who know nothing but death that life is possible beyond the painkillers. We have to step beyond propaganda and into people’s lives. We have lives to save. And it starts with one. When you see that homeless person asking for money, get them some food. When you see a need, get involved. You don’t have to start a movement; you just have to start moving. Our faith demands nothing less.