Thanks for sharing, Allan R. Bevere My friend, Michael Kruse writes, Most people are exceptionally illiterate about the trajectory of demographic and economic changes in the world, believing the world is decaying. That leads many to disengage in hopelessness. In reality, globalization combined with investment in human capital and infrastructure has put extreme poverty in rapid retreat. The global poor are not getting poorer. The world is getting better! Not infrequently, posts about positive trends are met with incredulity and even anger. How can I speak of an improving world when so many are suffering? It is as if nothing positive may be acknowledged until total success is achieved. Yet it is the relentless focus on the negative, attempting to shame and guilt people into action (many times with distorted and exaggerated data) that actually drives people away from action into donor fatigue and hopelessness. There must be hope that things can get better. I agree with Michael. In particular, we Christians too often fail to point out that our efforts are making a difference and we too often pour cold water on peoples hopes with our Chicken Little apocalyptic pronouncements. We can and must do better. What say you? allanbevere/2015/01/a-positive-voice-among-chicken-littles.html
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:04:18 +0000