Nicholas Kristof in Christianity Today

Flipping through Christianity Today magazine, I paused on a Q&A column spotlighting Nicholas Kristof, columnist for The New York Times who has walked us through refugee camps in Darfur, reporting haunting stories that should stir us to action. I've tried to keep up with Nicholas online at The New York Times, but they've reserved some of his stories for the "select" feature that I'm too cheap to pay for. So I've missed those.

Anyway, I respect him. So I read the interview. And after that, I decided to share it with you. Click on the link above for the entire text. It's short. You can read it in five minutes if you aren't interrupted.

I can't resist highlighting the opening:

Answering a question posed about faith-based activism on Darfur, he said, "Evangelicals have a special responsibility to take action and lead the way, because they have influence in the White House that New York Times columnists do not. There are hundreds of thousands of people who are alive today in Darfur because an outcry has galvanized the White House. But there are hundreds of thousands of others who are dead because we all didn't do more."

At this time in political history, calling oneself an Evangelical Christian and writing to the administration may actually be an advantage. We might be heard. Maybe. Enough voices to form critical mass, and maybe a few more could be saved.

Hundreds of thousands are dead....hundreds of thousands.

I'm writing the president.