good and faithful servants?

Time magazine has just announced their person or persons of the year, in this case. Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono received this year's exclusive honors and deservedly so. I'm not really interested in what any of these people do professionally but whenever light is shone on what they do socially, its amazing to see the effects they have on the world. Now I know you can't just throw money at a problem and have it go away, but the Gates have donated massive amounts of money (I'd give the dollar amount but I don't think it would do any good. A number that huge just can't be fully comprehended.) to various charities and disease preventing projects which have produced fantastic results. I've talked about Bono before...his vision of actually eradicating extreme poverty in our lifetime is incredible. Its cool to finally see the church listening to him and beginning to help shoulder some of the burden that it has neglected through out the last couple of decades especially in the area of AIDS in Africa. Its interesting to note that it isn't those from the "church" who are seen as world-changers but those from the "secular"...I don't think its about lack of recognition but more so due to lack of contribution. It would seem as though the church is following their example instead of leading its own...but how can it lead when it has been bogged down by trivialities like getting "Intelligent Design" taught in our schools and protesting gay marriages. The world is dying out there, and we allow the minor things to eclipse the major things...