Be a good neighbor -- and help fight crime :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Easy
I must admit this is an interesting article. In some communities, things like this do work. But in others, especially when the local church doesn't even show one ounce of interest, asides from just pocketing worshipers money from the collection plate, and rent, what does a community do?
I'll leave that question open for any of you that read this little rant. Just take a drive through particular neighborhoods. Notice the churches, and the people just standing around, or near them doing what they do best. You know, drinking, or selling dope. The church must become that "Nosy Neighbor". I say that because many of these teens, and younger men have a high probability of not knowing, or being raised by a father figure. With that, no discipline is instilled in these youngsters. That is where the church, mosque, temple, or synagogue must transform into the nosy neighbor. People look to these institutions for leadership. Some are showing it, others, not so much.
I'm going to let that statement marinate on you.
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