"The Reverse St. Francis Prayer."

[TLK Valentine]

This popped up on my facebook feed, and I found it interesting. I find it in the same vein as John Lewis' quote about "good trouble."

"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble."

I'm interested in the Christian perspective on rabblerousing and "good trouble..."

Thoughts?

 

[SkyWriting]

This popped up on my facebook feed, and I found it interesting. I find it in the same vein as John Lewis' quote about "good trouble."

"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble."

I'm interested in the Christian perspective on rabblerousing and "good trouble..."

Thoughts?

I was listening to a book today about what "ingredients" cause a person to forward or share a story.
The strongest factor was the ability to increase the readers heart rate.
Just to test it they had half the group jog in place for 1 minute.
That worked as well as any other factors like anger or revulsion.

 

[Chriliman]

This popped up on my facebook feed, and I found it interesting. I find it in the same vein as John Lewis' quote about "good trouble."

"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble."

I'm interested in the Christian perspective on rabblerousing and "good trouble..."

Thoughts?

Both prayers seem like 2 sides of the same coin. The shared sentiment is to make the world a better place.

This sounds like something Jesus would pray when up against the Pharisees and Romans of his time, people who are oppressive or not willing to embrace new ways of thinking and doing things.

 

[zippy2006]

If this were the reverse of the St. Francis prayer then the St. Francis prayer would be a prayer for apathy, compliance, silence, "too much comfort," "too little action," closed doors, locked hearts, etc.

Last I checked the prayer of St. Francis is nothing like that.

I'm interested in the Christian perspective on rabblerousing and "good trouble..."

Civil disobedience is a fundamentally Christian act, which is why MLK appealed to so many Christian figures in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Without God there is no justice beyond the State, and no recourse when the State commits an "injustice." As has been pointed out before, this is why conscience and individual rights are a product of the Christian West.