Do we challenge our resolutions enough so that we may aspire to a more excellent way? Certainly controlling our weight is admirable but how about those "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" who hardly have the option to gain weight as they endure searing sufferings as they wither away in an unforgiving place. And what kind of an obligation do we have to confront the innumerable Indian priests who minister among us while the women in their country suffer ignominiously at the hands of their male countrymen while too many Indian children languish in slime and deprivation! Surely, the bar should be raised on our aspirations and solutions must be offered in ethics as much as explanations? Is not this the most Christian use of resolutions? To set the captives free.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/your-money/deciding-how-to-slice-your-charitable-pie.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/opinion/how-many-slaves-work-for-you.html?hp&_r=0
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