After congregating for three days in Washington, D.C. as part of the Mobilization to End Poverty, Troy Jackson at God’s Politics asks, “what can we do to make sure we mobilized for a Movement, not just a Moment?”
Last week my son and I spent three days in Washington, D.C., as part of the Mobilization to End Poverty. We heard challenging speakers. We shared meals and conversations with passionate Christ-followers who are on the front lines to bring biblical justice to their communities, to this nation, and to the world. We spent time lobbying the offices of our elected representatives in the Senate and the House.
The mobilization resulted in some real momentum in the lives of over a thousand of us who gathered in D.C. last week.
But there are many obstacles and barriers that threaten to stop the momentum God accelerated last week. Many of these are necessary and important. Since I was out of the office and away from home for nearly a week, there are many important tasks at hand and may relationships to nurture.
I suspect I am not alone. It is relatively easy to be all-in for fighting poverty when we’re gathering with over a thousand friends on Capitol Hill, but when we return to the realities of our daily lives, sustaining the momentum is no easy task.
Simply put, if we are not intentional, the Mobilization to End Poverty may be little more than a Moment, when what God is calling us to be part of is a Movement.
So what can we do to make sure we mobilized for a Movement, not just a Moment?
Let me suggest that we need to do only one thing: STAY CONNECTED.
Read the full piece here, and read more about the Mobilization to End Poverty here.