Hearts and Minds at Home

Adrian Warnock has a thoughtful evangelical response to the Spanish massacre:

Jesus told us to 'GO into all the world'. These days most western Chrsitians do not have to even get on a plane to meet people from very different religious and national identies. It is incumbent on us, and indeed a crucial aspect of the war on terror for us to reach out to win hearts and minds of our potential enemies.

Good thoughts, Adrian, it is something I can agree with. In the comments section Alison waxes cynical on American Christondom and its ability to carry such deeds:

you will have a hard time finding American Christians who are willing to inconvenience themselves for each other. There is no feeling of being unison -- no mandate to take care of each other or support each other. Every now and then there is a cause or a bandwagon that people get on, and it's in the news for awhile, but the average Christian in America really doesn't care if their neighbor has enough to eat or stays warm at night. This is a complete turn-around from the way it was 10 to 20 years ago, and it might be traceable to the advent of the "mega-church." Now the average church is looking for people from the upper-middle to upper class to fill up their empty pews and are competing with each other to see who can bring in the most superstars to perform on Sunday morning. To see the "must read" movies or see the "must read" books or go to the "must attend" conference or ingest the "God-ordained" vitamin supplement you have to have big dollars.