What can be done in Iraq today?
Several years after Saddam’s fall, Iraq is still in a state of uncertainty and instability, with reports of bombings and casualties filtering in weekly. What are we as Christians to make of the situation? It’s tempting, admist news stories about terrorism and chaos, to simply shrug our shoulders and despair that things will turn out well.
Despair, however, is not the best Christian response. A new article at Arab World Ministries encourages us to look realistically at Iraq and at the places where Christians can make a tangible difference–refugee assistance, infrastructure rebuilding, and other challenges. Whatever your political position on the second Gulf War, and whatever you think of current events, AWM challenges us to look for ways we can help, and to support ministries already at work in Iraq. (And while you’re at the AWM site, be sure to check out their helpful articles about Islam and the Arab world.)
