Making your message relevant
Jim Wallis and Jon Stewart are such a great combination…
Wallis was on the Daily Show a while back talking about his new book, “Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street.”
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Wallis and Stewart talk briefly about Haiti and suffering…
“It would seem there are a lot of quotes there (in Scriptures) that would provide comfort not only to Haiti but to our country as well.” – Jon Stewart
“The God I believe in is with those who suffer, he doesn’t punish those or create evil for those who are already suffering. Haiti was a collision of poverty and an earthquake.”
Wallis also suggests that the U.S. banks should offer the same grace to their customers as the U.S. taxpayers offered to them — and then after saying his family has fired their bank, he offered this advice:
“The banks say they’re too big to fail – let’s make them smaller.”
Yet, even with those great ideas, what I love most about this interview is Jon Stewart’s comments towards the end…
“It certainly an interesting way to apply your theology to day to day problems and do it in a practical way that people understand.”
Making your message relevant to people and their day to day situations?
…hmmmmm.
