Has it been so long?

I just remembered this thing existed. Boy did I blow it. I go on Craig'sList almost daily. Forgive me. It is so easy to justify the things we do in our lives. I'm not personally hurting anybody by using Craig'sList. But in knowingly partaking in a resource that failed to draw moral lines in the sand, am I failing to draw the same lines? It brings up an interesting query: How much responsibility and accountability should we own? How much time should we invest in researching the businesses that we support?

The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is a good place to start. It can be scary though. What happens if you click on that link, type in the name of your favorite clothing line or video game developer, and find out that they're guilty of severe human rights violations? Would you stop buying their products?

Would you justify it to yourself, saying "I'm just one person, it doesn't matter what I do."? Sometimes it is easier not to ask these questions at all.

If we try live as followers of Christ, we try to live as he would live today. I don't have all the answers. Maybe the Amish have it right. They know where everything they use came from, and can sleep soundly at night knowing they've played no part in supporting child slavery, indentured serventude, forced prostitution, drug trafficking, etc. I can't share in that peaceful slumber. I know for a fact that decisions I've made have directly supported all of those things.

What's the point in joining with groups like Love146, or throwing your support behind documentaries like Call & Response, if we're not understanding that the problem starts with us and the choices we make.

Sometimes even the solution is the problem. The clothing store Forever21 is declaredly Christian, going so far as to prosteletyze on their shopping bags. Yet even they can't get past the watchdogs without egg on their faces for how they treat their employees.

There are no simple answers. All we can do is sow love everywhere we can and use excersize extreme diligence on how we spend our money. Its obvious Jesus knew what he was talking about when he offered his thoughts on finances. The more money we have, the more responsible we must be. If anyone has the answers or knows the balance, let me know.