And in the last few months, there’s been a rising tide of concern about what our society is doing to its children in all kinds of ways, and I’m really glad to see this level of attention given to the problem. But it does mean that we ought to be asking, with any and every aspect of social policy and law, ”˜What exactly is the impact of this on children?’ Because if we have a situation where children are deprived of the opportunity of living in a secure home, or where they live in prison-like conditions, as in some detention centres, there’s something wrong.
So, one way of marking Christmas just might be to ask around a bit about homelessness in your area and specially about homeless children and young people. The Christmas story is about a child born away from a proper home, whose family end up as refugees. And that child was literally the most precious thing in the world. But every child is precious, we all know that. Se we can start thinking how we can raise other people’s awareness and do something to help, perhaps by supporting Shelter or the Runaway Helpline or Childline.
So I hope everyone will have a wonderfully happy Christmas ”“ but let it stir us up to make a few others happy too.
Sadly, every child is not precious. The Rev. Anne Fowler has clearly stated that. She’s an Episcopalian priest. She supports Choosing Abortion especially if pregnancy interferes with one’s calling.