Among the Greenies

 Last night I went to a meeting about the Food Safety Bill that is now before the New Zealand Parliament. A Green Party Member of Parliament , Steffan Browning, was to speak and the documentary film Food Inc was to follow.

A great way to spend Saturday night! But that is Wellington for you. It's a little city, less than half a million residents. So we take our role as the seat of government very seriously.

There I was amongst the Greenies who vote pro-abortion and I was not looking to chat till I had got the measure of this lot.  A bloke about my age (most were) came over. He saw my little wooden cross and asked about my christianity. He said 'there are four of us here' and that it was good for us to be at meetings like this.

I thought this was an example of the Gospel principle of 'leaven in the dough' (See Matthew 13:33). Jesus had got out of his comfort zone and mixed with all sorts of people and he certainly would have been happy to mix with those who were concerned for the poor and under-privilaged. His heart would have resignated with those who cared for animals and the environment as a gift rather than out of greed. (See Genesis 1:28ff and 2:15 which feature humanity before we sinned.)

I left at the end of the meeting encouraged by the intentions of the Greenies and their allies and by the presence of  these Christians. It was an example of the  Gospel in action.

Bye the way, the documentary Food Inc. is well worth a watch. And if you can't, then check out the comments on the internet.

Steffan Browning's Comments on the Food Bill are will worth reading