In part two of our new teaching series, Stand Up: How to Fight Injustice, we looked together at the next part of the story of Esther. Mordecai stands up to do the right thing…and everything goes wrong. Through this hard turn of events we are reminded that if we are going to stand against injustice, we are going to have to make a commitment to do the right thing regardless of the outcome. Keep reading to see how this unfolds.
Stand with Conviction
We live in a day when businesses are finding themselves needing to take social and moral stands in order to attract new customers. Have you noticed that? Used to be, companies and businesses focused on business. If they wanted to convince people to spend their money with them instead of with a competitor, they worked really hard to plant the idea in our minds that they were the very best at what they did. Their product was better than anybody else’s. They were going to take care of their customers better than anybody else would. They were the best…at their business. Today, though, as being socially conscious has gotten more and more popular, many businesses are worrying less about talking about how great their products are, and are instead spending more time telling us how socially conscious, or progressive, they are. Commercials often double as political statements. Some don’t talk about their products at all, they just take a stand on some social issue and assume that customers will be drawn to use their products on the basis of that social stance alone. Read the rest…
The Nexus 