12-24-2016, 12:08 PM
I just saw a NY Times headline about Church World Service (CWS) staff and volunteers getting ready to welcome a family of Syrian refugees to America. My first thought was it sounded like a nice story, particularly during the Christmas/holiday season. I couldn't help wondering how many "good Christians" would be outraged by the thought of this story, even as it warmed my heart.
But more than anything I wondered what kind of crazy church was doing this. Surely, not Christian - lest those of my outraged brethren of Christian orientation have their blood boil even hotter. But, thanks to the interwebs, I learned the CWS is a cooperative ministry of 37 Christian denominations which has been providing refugee assistance around the world since just after WWII. I thought that was pretty cool, and was surprised I had never heard of CWS. So, had any of you heard of CWS before? Do you love their mission? Hate it? Tell us what you think of this organization.
But more than anything I wondered what kind of crazy church was doing this. Surely, not Christian - lest those of my outraged brethren of Christian orientation have their blood boil even hotter. But, thanks to the interwebs, I learned the CWS is a cooperative ministry of 37 Christian denominations which has been providing refugee assistance around the world since just after WWII. I thought that was pretty cool, and was surprised I had never heard of CWS. So, had any of you heard of CWS before? Do you love their mission? Hate it? Tell us what you think of this organization.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
