Volume 3, Issue 5, May 1995


POPULAR GOALS

1. SECURITY is one of the popular goals sought after by a majority today. They want a good job which offers permanent employment, holidays with pay, fairly short hours without too much responsibility and a good pension plan. Pay should be enough to purchase a choice home, modernly equipped, provide a good standard of living, including as much education and as many advantages as possible for the children.

2. A GOOD TIME. Many want to have fun now and not have to think too much of the future. Consider the popularity of expensive hobbies and sports - skiing, water sports, travel, photography, hi-fi and stereo sets, etc..

3. POWER. Through the accumulation of money, prestigious employment positions, election to offices of government or administration, some seek their goal of success.

4. SERVICE. Some people devote many years to preparation for the service of humanity in the fields of public welfare, medicine, dentistry, government, social work, correctional work, the ministry or other forms of church work, teaching and so forth. But there are continuing shortages of personnel in many of these fields.

5. CHRISTIAN GOALS. Jesus said: "You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to not to
be served but to serve...."

Such a goal can be accomplished through many occupations provided the motive is love and not self-interest.

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"Religion NOW" is published in limited edition by the Rev. Ross E. Readhead, B.A., B.D., Certificate of Corrections, McMaster University, in the interest of furthering knowledge and participation in religion. Dialogue is invited and welcomed.