The Los Angeles Conservancy recently organized a tour called “City of the Seekers: L.A.’s Unique Spiritual Legacy.” The tour, which includes a stop in Glendale, takes visitors through a number of sites that fuse different religious traditions, including Christianity, yoga and Eastern philosophy. Have you ever had a moving experience or learned a valuable lesson from a religious tradition other than the one you practice?
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On more than one occasion, I have been touched by the practical aid a non-Christian (or, in my opinion, pseudo-Christian) group has given to people who lacked food, shelter or clothing. I think in particular of how one group greatly helped the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
These examples inspire me to stop flapping my jaws and start making a difference. As James admonishes us, “Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead” (Chapter 2:15-17, NIV).
