What a "christian" could be like

Greetings, fellow sometime church goers, or not.

I am on a sabbatical due to the inevitable disappointments.

I saw what it means to me to be a "christian" in a single question and a single answer Friday night on Bill Moyer's Journal.

The answer was "Because that's what you do."

The question was (highly paraphrased)"Why, when you've lost your home and you don't have money, are you putting everything you can into this radio service?"

The radio hero, Brice, is on disability checks, $500 a month. He runs a low power radio station largely by himself near the gulf coast. During Katrina, he braved the hurricane to keep broadcasting as his own home was destroyed. Emergency services moved him to the county building so he could continue telling people where to get water, ice and food. His was the only broadcast on the air during the emergency.

Brice has next to nothing, but he wants to share because "That's what you do."

For the story, see http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08242007/profile3.html.

And just in case this link goes away, here's a quote:

August 24, 2007

"I cannot replace my house. I don't have the money to do it...in a way, that's why I'm in this level of service to my community. Because when you're left with a last resource, you share it with your friends, you share it with your family and you share it with each other."-Brice Phillips