http://drewfrancis.com/2009/10/the-red-campaign/ Entertain me Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:57:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://drewfrancis.com/2009/10/the-red-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-757 andy Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:01:40 +0000 http://drewfrancis.com/?p=1881#comment-757 I guess I don't think it is a BAD thing. But I do ask the question, "how much true GOOD does it do?" And maybe the answer is, "a lot." I just don't know. I think one of the potential risks is that we all get conditioned to simply giving to a cause as we go abotu our daily business. I shop at GAP for my clothes. I have to have clothes. So, when I buy my clothes and I give money to a cause, am I really giving of myself? Maybe that's not the point. I guess my fear is that we might see this type of thing as somehow replacing our obligation to give of ourselves to minister to the needy. Maybe we're just a bunch of cynical Gen X'ers. I guess I don’t think it is a BAD thing. But I do ask the question, “how much true GOOD does it do?”
And maybe the answer is, “a lot.” I just don’t know.
I think one of the potential risks is that we all get conditioned to simply giving to a cause as we go abotu our daily business. I shop at GAP for my clothes. I have to have clothes. So, when I buy my clothes and I give money to a cause, am I really giving of myself? Maybe that’s not the point. I guess my fear is that we might see this type of thing as somehow replacing our obligation to give of ourselves to minister to the needy.
Maybe we’re just a bunch of cynical Gen X’ers.

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