If you think Christians shouldn't be involved helping their communities then you should watch this "If David Cameron wants a Big Society, he must bring 'We the people' into his thinking. And to do that, he must devolve and trust. But if he will not do that within his own party , he is not likely to achieve it in the country. The Big Society is about personal and collective responsibility -- the Church has been doing it for centuries. And that irrefutable fact calls for humility on the part of the Prime Minister: instead of criticising and lecturing church leaders, he might just sit at their feet and learn about the church's centuries of experience in educating children, feeding the poor, housing the homeless and ensuring justice for the oppressed." 'As an aside it would interesting to hear just WHAT Christians themselves are doing. Here, I don't mean self-righteous little diatribes on the internet or yards of web-posts sneering at the present and past governments; nor putting 2 in a collection plate and thinking that is doing one's bit. But rather rolling up one's sleeves and actually DOING something, instead of sneering and believing just because one is 'a Christian' one has the moral high ground.' It came as a stark reminder that some people really have no understanding of how much churches and Christian organisations are involved doing (mostly voluntary) work that hugely benefits individuals, communities and even our nation.  I think that part of the problem is