Dear Bishop Jakes,
I watched you on TBN today and it was a pretty good sermon. The title of the sermon was “Eyes Wide Shut” and you were talking about the times in some of our lives when we engage in risky behavior fully aware of the consequences. But somewhere during one of your very dramatic, high energy examples – my mind began to drift.
I began to imagine what this nation would be like if you utilized your celebrity to raise awareness about issues that affects the Black community in America and abroad. I wonder what the impact would be if you…let’s say…became a vocal advocate for the people of Darfur. Or what about if you challenged the president on the Iraq “war”…which we won like a couple years ago, but dead bodies are still arriving at America’s ports. I wonder what the world would be like if you joined in the campaign to MAKE POVERTY HISTORY or blasted those senators who didn’t apologize for the Senate’s silence in regard to the lynchings in America.
Can you imagine, Bishop, if you picked up the phone and called Eddie Long and Creflo “Dollar” (can you believe that’s really his last name?)and said “hey ya’ll…let’s start a campaign asking every church to cancel its church conferences for a full year and donate the money saved to America’s inner city school systems.” Can you imagine all of the churches that would follow you? Can you imagine the revenue generated that would finally allow our kids to have up to date text books and modern technology at their finger tips?
And that’s just one issue! Imagine how you could essentially change the country!…no, better yet the world!
That would show your nay-sayers. That would show them that you’re just not in the business of holding conferences and making money. That would show them that just because you never publicly speak about social issues that that doesn’t mean you don’t care about them. They’d shut up then. You’d be building partnerships with Africa and they would have to shut up. You’d be holding Bush accountable for broken promises and they would have to shut up. You’d be standing with the your Brothas and Sistahs at the Millions More Movement and they would have to shut up! (Did Bush really have a meeting with you, Creflo, and Long telling ya’ll not to support the Millions More Movement?) That’s right…tell them Bishop – tell them to SHUT UP…hold on, your sermon is over and you’re about to say something…..what’s that Bishop?…megafest?….MEGAFEST!?..(sigh)…megafest…
well…uh…i guess i better shut up now, bishop….your nay-sayers are talking again.
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