Have You Been Praying for the Folk Along the Mississippi?

There’s reason to.  Take a look at Memphis, where the river is higher than it has ever been and the crest isn’t expected for another week…  There have been tens of thousands of people affected by this flooding but the national news scarcely mentions it.  I suppose the death of one Muslim is more important than the lives of multitudes of Americans…

Indeed, even the biblibloggers are silent (because, as we all know, for most theology, the bible, and life don’t even intersect).

Ah, if only the victims lived in some third world hinterland, the genteel and concerned would be raising funds and parading down the cyber streets to gain the suffering attention and aid.

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