The Right Christian

I’ve been intrigued by the Ashley Smith hostage scenario. Brian Nichols broke out of an Atlanta courthouse after killing three people and vanished. He then took Ashley Smith hostage in her apartment. As the story goes she defused the situation by reading from A Purpose Driven Life and being very brave and responsive to her kidnapper’s situation.

It’s moments like this, the small person-to-person moments, when organized religions like Christianity are at their very best. The power of forgiveness, love thy neighbor, Something breaks when you scale them up to bureaucratic, political behemoths.