2015 Ecumenical
   Lenten Carbon Fast                
 Day 37
   What You Can Do Today

Prophetic Preaching, Prayer, and Practice


Throughout history, when difficult societal changes were needed, individuals like Gandhi, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry David Thoreau and the Apostles Peter and Paul have sought to awaken the lawmakers by engaging in civil disobedience.  Between Christ's Resurrection and their deaths, Peter and Paul actually spent more time in jail than out.  Given the disordered world we live in, is it time to make civil disobedience a normative expression of discipleship?  Might this be the fast that is required of those who would be faithful in our generation? 
   With Your Church


Let's review: if laws need to change, one thing we can all do is lobby our lawmakers.  Another thing we can all consider is engaging in civil disobedience - joining those who have opposed to the KXL pipeline for example.  Another way to change laws is to initiate a law suit.  Take 5 minutes to learn how some teenagers in every state in the union are doing just this - Intro to Our Children's Trust.

  

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