What Do You Think? Wednesday

With my mom being admitted to the hospital, me having an emergency root canal, Joshua breaking a bathroom sink off the wall and my book deal contract negotiations coming to an abrupt end, Monday had enough challenges for an entire year. Have you had a day like that? Well, challenging as it was and has been since, I praise God for His word and my brothers and sisters in Christ who have rallied by my side. These friends have called, texted, visited and babysat, checking on my mom and allowing me to see about my mom. They have put in the forefront of my mind another example of the “special obligations” that we as Christians have to our faith.

I use the term special obligations because this phrase stood out to me in a recent article about the Christian presence at the “Occupy” protests. The Christians interviewed said they had “special obligations” as Christians but didn’t feel a need to mention Jesus or evangelize as they participated in the movement. This got me thinking: What are our special obligations as Christians, particularly those of us who are seeking to shed our strong black woman ways and have chosen to privilege Christianity over personal strength, blackness and womanhood and any other worldly moniker that we have held dear? Please read the article and make sure to tell me what you think.