It makes me sad when good people spend more time and energy talking about injustice than they do actively investing their time and money on ground-level projects that impact real people in their sphere of influence and community. We must be careful not to assume that voicing an opinion, no matter how righteous it may be, or how unpopular it is, is "doing our part" unless we have also, are also, actually doing something about it. Nehemiah is a good and relevant example for us today. He had a swanky government job; he was cup-bearer to the King of Persia. But he received news from some travelers that the Jews back in Jerusalem were suffering and in great need. With great risk to himself, both his job and his life, he went to the king and asked for help that he might go and do something about it. What if smartphones, the internet, and social media were available to him? Imagine if he blasted his social media downline with all the suffering and injustice taking place to th...