And we do but not enough of it. The kind of volunteerism that works is what Prison Fellowship is doing in the prisons or what Good News Fellowship is doing with Life-Learning Dorms. These volunteer efforts make a difference in the lives of people. It would seems that only a heart change can bring the kind of volunteer efforts that Powell is looking for. The task is enormous but the volunteer sector seems not ready for what it is now being asked to do.
Churches are the heart of volunteerism.
May we set the pace is demonstrating love, compassion and concern. When one reads the news one thinks that Russia is no longer a player in the international arms market. Russia is reimerging as a major arms supplier, not seeking to supply allies, but for cash massively and to any comer. The result is that Iran is now threatening shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The Russians then turn to the southern Gulf states, which are most anxious about the Iranian, to sell defensive weapons to counter the Iranians.