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Did you know that Rev. Todd Shumpert, College Chaplain, is a member of the Bloomfield Township Commission on Civil and Human Rights? It's true! Please feel free to use Chaplain Shumpert as your liaison to this important commission! |
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To love our neighbors is to work toward a time when the law of love coincides with the law of the land. As members of society, people of faith have a special obligation to participate actively in the decision making that forms public policy. To see the world through the eyes of God, as we are called to do, we must acknowledge, understand, and accept responsibility for our connectedness to each other in the human family. Decisions of public policy come home to real people in real families and neighborhoods. To say that matters of public policy have nothing to do with me is to say "I don't care" instead of "I love you." It is to turn our backs and say "No" to God's call to care for one another and for all of creation.
We are called by the God of written scriptures and action in
human history to lift up the humble, feed the hungry, free the oppressed, give
to the poor, and work for justice for all God's children. God wills wholeness
for us and intends that peace, freedom and justice should be the goal of our
life together. In light of this Divine will, we have choices to make in the
complex and sometimes ambiguous realm of modern political life. We make these
choices not expecting heaven on earth, but striving with faith, hope and love
to be faithful to a God we know is at work in and sovereign over the whole
world.
