But in the end, if we can’t and don’t agree, we need to stop wasting time and stop attacking each other. It’s just not worth the cost.Ī discussion on the best use of resources and the best way to fight injustice is often necessary.
Justice is stopped in its tracks while we fight tooth and nail to be right. Instead of rejoicing that we are made differently, that God has given us different callings, and that it’s likely we will accomplish justice through a variety of means, we stomp our feet and declare that we have the one and only way to victory.Įxactly how much justice do we accomplish when we argue among ourselves? When we spend our fleeting time debating and accusing and campaigning against each other, where do our resources go? To the people in need? Or to promoting our own agenda and slamming someone else’s? when we are divisive and participate in strife and infighting, we allow the enemy to put a stranglehold on the good we should be doing.
You have one trenched in organization over here, one stubborn lone ranger over there, and one all-knowing new player right here. Here’s Burton Brown’s warning, from Chapter 11 of her book:Ī major pitfall in social justice work is the divisive spirit that permeates various movements. While a diverse approach to making abortion both unwanted and unthinkable is no doubt necessary, what happens all-too-often, Burton Brown cautions, is an unhealthy competition that exalts one approach, organization or individual to the detriment of the pro-life movement. In her book released late this summer, “ Do Justice: Practical Ways to Engage the World,” pro-life attorney and columnist Kristi Burton Brown lays a strong biblical foundation for the Christian church’s call to fight and work toward true justice in a world rife with empty calls to “unify” around shallow and often-undefined goals.ĭrawing upon the testimony of the Old and New Testaments, Burton Brown also highlights examples of Christians throughout church history-including missionaries like William Carey, Gladys Aylward who ended societal oppression where they served-as well as modern-day pro-life figures to illustrate the variety of ways Christians can live out the biblical call to “do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8).Īlong the way, Burton Brown-an associate scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute and editor of Live Action News-strikes a much-needed chord for those involved in the everyday work of rescuing lives from abortion.
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