love

Atheists are people too. So often, as we Christians hunker down in the Christian ghetto that begins to surround us as we grow in our faith, it is easy to demonize the very people we are here to bless. This should not be so. In our world of media-induced arguments, we are to remember the person on the other side of the table, who deserves love as much as us. I think that the best way to keep from this mindset is to go out and serve in the community, to keep up our contact with those who do not believe as we do and those who do, but are suffering. To create relationships with people who may have faith, but are down on their luck - the homeless, the prostitute, the racist, the angry, the hurting, the hungry. The gospel needs legs because it is good news, and our actions can change the world if they are done in love. People who do not think as we do, will see the love in our actions, and this I believe is more effective in touching people's lives than all the sermons or apologetics books in the Christian book store.