Ever since I had this dream in Kenya, and got the words: "Writing to expose justice." I started to think and research.. more on a career/calling in writing/journalism, and what's next for me. G42? Journalism school? Freelance?
At the age of past 30 and never having been the academic type unless you count my love for books, the thought of going back to school sure doesn't excite me, and more discipleship and living in community after 11 months of community.. well.. makes me feel suffocated.
But the idea of being a journalist thrills me. I found an article on the callings of a Christian journalist, which resonated greatly the more I read. Below is an excerpt:
Some people might say our role as journalists is, in a way, to speak prophetically to society at large.
That may be true, but I wouldn’t want to focus on it too much. Journalists can be self-important enough as it is without adding to their sense of worth the notion that their real names should be Elijah or Malachi.
But it is certainly the case that, as we are true to our profession, and diligent, and as godly as God’s grace can make us, our truth-telling and truth-seeking will speak loudly to our society about God’s truth and the truths of life in every sense.
We do not heal diseases as physicians sometimes can do. We do not move passengers with great skill and safety from one part of the world to another.
But we can play the role of speaking the truth to power, or speaking the truth to people who in general are unwilling to hear it.
We are not preachers, but we are interpreters. We are not historians, but we are first-hand observers.
We are not reformers, but we often reveal the pathway to reform. We are not diplomats, but we can be peace-makers.
Finally, we are not judges, but we can be critics, and through criticism help purge from our midst the unclean, the unjust, and the untruthful.
That may not be a job-description for John the Baptist, much less for Moses or Elijah. But it’s not a bad job-description for a Christian called into journalism.
You can find the entire article here: www.worldji.com/resources/view/39
I may or may not become a journalist, but I aspire to always be a truth seeker and a truth teller.
