Technology has come a long ways in the past few years, and we can do a lot of pretty cool things nowadays. Web 2.0 is shiny and feels exciting. People are "connecting" and organizing and expressing themselves and being activists like never before. Even publishing this blog at times has felt like an responsibility, important on some level. However, it doesn't take long to see the extreme limits of all this.
My reminder was a round-table panel discussion on human rights in Afghanistan. Five smart people discussed various human crises in Afghanistan, and ways towards a solution. Hearing the condition of the country and its' people was sobering and moving. The panelists painted a dark picture, and described many complications to implementing any solution. Short term, no solution looks possible, and any longterm solution looks nearly impossible.
It became clear that there is very little I can do here in Minneapolis to save Afghanistan. Yes, there are things we can do, and we should be doing them. The speakers pressed on us the importance of using our influence and resources to really help. However, neither our military or our money alone will heal the broken places of the world.
Afghanistan or Somalia or Sudan or any broken place will only be healed if people like you and me go and live there, bringing a message of hope that produces healing faith and love. Only real people living and speaking this message can bring lasting change to the world.
This blog will never free an Afghani boy from extreme poverty, extremism, ignorance, malnutrition, or Spiritual darkness. It's good to remember that.
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