Be Like Stephen Corbett

The canceling of Stephen Corbett’s show has been very upsetting to me. When a voice who speaks truth to power is silenced we are in trouble. I consider Stephen Colbertt a modern day prophet. He points out the injustices and calls out the evil in ways we can handle, through humor. Without prophets the only voices we hear are of the evil doers.

Today in church we read a declaration of faith that was written in the Presbyterian church in the late sixties, another troubled time and approved in the early 70’s and as all things in the Presbyterian church moved slowly through committee for adoption in 1977.

This one part of it spoke very loudly to me:

Good people of conscience need to continue to speak out against the ones who oppress the poor and and want us to worship them. We must listen to the prophets who call out the evil doers and not become complacent because we ourselves are comfortable.

We know right from wrong, but can not turn a blind eye to the wrong doers. They might try and take Steven Corbett’s show on one channel, but he does not have to be silenced everywhere. And when he can’t speak, it is time for us all to speak up as he would also do.

You can become a prophet too. Speak truth to power. Do not be afraid. Follow God’s hardest commandment to love your neighbor. And if you didn’t know, everyone is your neighbor.