An Inconvenient Truth

Today Kathy, Jordan and I went to see the movie An Inconvenient Truth. It is a documentary following Al Gore as he talks with groups around the world about global warming. It was interesting to see what he laid out -- and it got me to thinking again about what a crazy world we live in when science can lay out a pretty clear picture and still there are people who say that it is wrong. Not on the basis of science - but on the basis of what they call "belief." I think the most inconvenient truth these days seems to be that religion and science can in fact go hand in hand. There seem to be plenty of people on the religion side who have a hard time believing that as well as some on the science side.

But it also got me thinking about the inconvenient truths of our faith: like Jesus calling us to love our enemies -- personally this is one that I find to be a real pain in the behind; like Jesus announcing good news to the poor, saying that it's been fulfilled and then expecting us to act like, to live like it's true; like Jesus calling us to trust the little and the least and the lost as the places where God's abundance is bursting out -- I much prefer to find it in the big glitzy places (really).

Inconvenient truths are no stranger to any of us. Watching that documentary was a good reminder of that -- and a good challenge to pay attention and take responsibility for my own little place in this world. It was a reminder to speak even when it doesn't seem particularly popular or that anybody is even listening.