Progressive Christianity is great! I love it! It’s a beautiful thing. But it lacks the mass appeal that the religious right offers.
Progressives say the search is more important then the answers.
The right tells you the answers.
Average Joe in the street is drawn to the simplistic appeal of the right. The progressives don’t reach out to him the way the right does.
Why not?
I think the PC’s have much to offer Joe but they need to give him something that fits into his outlook of the world. Something he can hold onto, something positive. But it must be presented in a way he can understand and appreciate.
Kindness, compassion, generosity, peace, tolerance, respect for the earth and all life, these are our “absolutes.” These values given in the name of Jesus are just what Joe’s looking for and needs. This should be the strong, unwavering foundation on which we build our movement and on which Joe can build his life.
But blogs at Jesus-isa-pagan.com aren’t reaching Joe. He’s watching NASCAR.
To get to Joe we must hit him where he lives, the TV, radio, newspapers, bumper stickers, billboards.
We need to take our message to the street, door to door, face to face.
We have just what Joe needs. His support is just what we need.
Forrest