{"id":5566,"date":"2011-08-06T14:18:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T18:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2011-08-24T20:46:38","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T00:46:38","slug":"washington-post-as-we-face-the-budget-crisis-fear-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/08\/washington-post-as-we-face-the-budget-crisis-fear-not","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post: As we face the budget crisis, &#8220;Fear not!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Because our fear of scarcity trumps our trust in God\u2019s abundance,&#8221; writes\u00a0the Rev.\u00a0Charles Booker-Hirsch, &#8220;we place an undue emphasis on securing our goods militarily.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s not Jesus&#8217; way, writes the pastor of\u00a0Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Md., writing\u00a0for the <em>Washington Post<\/em>&#8216;s On Faith section:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s a humbling fact: Per the latest federal budget, we who represent less than 5 percent of the world\u2019s population continue to expend more annually than roughly the next two dozen countries combined. That\u2019s right: the next two dozen countries combined. That\u2019s like emphasizing in our church budget our need for stronger security systems rather than feeding the poor and the poor in spirit!<\/p>\n<p>Challenged to be distributively faithful and knowing The Eternal provides when we are, people of faith in America should ask ourselves: How do we wish to live?<\/p>\n<p>Scriptures of all major faiths I know do not emphasize \u201cBe secure!\u201d They emphasize, \u201cFear not!\u201d Perhaps so should we.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/budget-battle-may-offer-spiritual-lessons\/2011\/08\/03\/gIQA52fquI_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Because our fear of scarcity trumps our trust in God\u2019s abundance,&#8221; writes\u00a0the Rev.\u00a0Charles Booker-Hirsch, &#8220;we place an undue emphasis on securing our goods militarily.&#8221; And that&#8217;s not Jesus&#8217; 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