Be equipped. Be enlightened.
Be engaged.

Rather than defending a traditional concept of community and common welfare in which individuals understand the connection between rights and duties, many who claim the conservative mantle substitute a doctrinaire individualism that ultimately benefits neither the individual nor society.

Rev. Dr. Patricia Murphy of American Baptist Home Mission Societies spoke with Dr. Naomi Paget who serves as an FBI Chaplain and Crisis Interventionist about this topic.

The response of the faithful is not to turn a blind eye toward the sufferings of the world, nor to be willing or silently complicit partners to these sufferings taking root in political, economic, or social policies.