Monday, September 20, 2010

Love Thy Neighbor

With all the upsetting news recently about people behaving badly in the name of Christianity, I found this story to be very hopeful.

The Heartsong Methodist church near Memphis Tennessee recently learned that the property next door to their building had been purchased by the Memphis Islamic Center. A mosque and Islamic Center was to be built there. Instead of reacting with fear this church responded with Christian love and hospitality. Following the command to love their neighbors they put up a large sign that said the Heartsong Church welcomed the Islamic center to the neighborhood. They hosted their new neighbors for dinner. During Ramadan they invited their new neighbors to use their building for evening prayers while the Islamic center was under construction. They are cooperating in programs to help needy children in the neighborhood.

I think I would enjoy worshiping with my fellow Christians at the Heartsong church. It makes me smile to know that there are people who still believe that God really is love.

3 comments:

Sling said...

It's nice to hear that there are still Christians out there,that actually practice Christianity!..
I never thought it was a hard concept to grasp until recently.

Random Thinker said...

How wonderful that they haven't let the fear mongering that is going on stop them from being friendly and giving to their neighbors. Regardless of their religion.

AM Kingsfield said...

Too bad the good news doesn't get as much air time.