pinned on him

we pin our hopes and dreams on various things. we pin them on singers who vocalize what we want to say. we pin them on actors who portray the people that we wish we were. we pin them on world leaders who make the decisions that we ourselves wish to make. we pin them on athletes who can actually accomplish in life what we do in our dreams. we pin them on our friends who are the people that we wish we could be. we pin them on beautiful, inspiring, talented, learned, people who we adore and admire.im not here to condemn our choices. i too have lived or aspired to live through the lives of others, however I now pin my hopes and dreams on Christ, who had his hands and feet pinned to a tree for me. because he loved me first i love him and i live through him.

where is our passion?

if you don't know this about me aleady, i will say it again for all of you. i am passionate about helping people here in America and those overseas. i think that as a Christian, well forget that. it is not contingent on the fact that i am a Christian, it is based upon being a human being. i have been given much and i believe that in return, i have much to give. it is a chief responsibility for myself and for us collectively, as inhabitants of this earth.
today i read something that was written by sex workers in Zambia. it brakes my heart that someone in the twenty first century has to speak such words.

"AIDS may kill me in years, but hunger will kill my family tomorrow."

this is not necessary. it is not acceptable. until we do something about poverty and sickness around the world, we have failed our fellow citizens, and we should all be held personally accountable.