Some of you may have noticed the recent addition by the Columbus Dispatch related to Ohio Wesleyan. It is an article on faith and social justice. Here is the link.

A sizable portion of the article is spent on the mission trips. Isn't it sad when yet another journalist completely misrepresents the purpose of the Ohio Wesleyan social justice trips?

Many of my friends travelled to lend a hand to underprivileged populations and only with the purpose of helping underprivileged people not to "to blend their passion for justice with evangelism and finding that it can work." The last quote came from a recently mentioned Ohio Wesleyan official, Lisa Ho.

In the interview Lisa Ho mentioned that students get disillusioned when institutions "get caught up in controversy over things such as gay clergy, gay marriage and female clergy." Maybe she needs to speak for herself when she makes sweeping generalizations about what younger generations seek and are passionate about. Especially in an article related to our campus. Gender and sexual orientiation discrimination is still present in our society and students do not get disillusioned with making progress on these issues or feel that they are unimportant or not as important. Just as Michelle Obama said in reference to race, "inequality is always -- still, in this country, it's always on the table."