Here's some real consequences for ya.

One of the things that our church members do is once a month - head down to a local homeless shelter to make sandwiches for the folks who live there.That way they leave the shelter with two sandwiches in the morning so they don't have to dig in a dumpster to eat that day.

The church members pay for the food out of their own post tax pockets, and assemple somewhere between 500 and 600 sandwiches in about 90 minutes. It's an assemly line process - once you get into the swing of things it's a lot of fun too.

We've inquired if we would be able to do this more than once a month - but y'know what? They said no. ALL of the other slots are full. ALL of the other nights of the month are filled by other local churchs. Church big and small are filling the gaps and taking care of the folks that fall through the cracks.

And not a secular group among them. When was the last time the folksingers at your local pub said "Hey guys - lets go down and work at the local homeless shelter tomorrow night".

Possible but not likely.

Correct me if I'm wrong. And ask yourself - what have I done lately to make this world a better place? To help someone less fortunate?

Write a protest song? Yeah - that a BIG help.