GOOD NEWS

I like to share good news. Last night Lou and I were watching CSPAN Q&A where Brian Lamb was interviewing John Micklewaite, managing editor of The Economist published in England. He was being asked about an article he published following a 5 week tour of the world looking at the world's religions. Several statements that he made were good news in my view.

He said that the Christian religion is staging a comeback in Europe both due to evangelical protestants and a renewal of the Catholic church. We had felt that from our last visit with our French exchange daughter and her family who are Catholic. Their church seemed more like a Baptist or Methodist church in a simple building rather that the huge medieval church structures in the middle of Auxxere. Micklewaite also told about the growth of Christianity in Africa and other parts of the world. For example he attended the largest Christian church in the world in North Korea, a church with over 200,000 members.

What really grabbed my attention was his statement that he predicted the largest Christian nation in the world in the future will be China! He said there are more Christians in China than communists and that the church there is growing like mad. I found that interesting and can see how the practice of the early Christians to live sharing everything with each other can fit into a communist thinking. And could revolutionize China by practicing loving your neighbors and your enemies and forgiving those who trespass against you and by practicing justice in their government that is now corrupt due to atheistic thinking of the chicoms.

I don't have a link to his editorial and couldn't find one on the web, but was impressed by his findings.