WWJD: Periodicals

Michael Smith asks the question ,"What would Jesus do?" in his article in Understanding Evangelical Media (P 79). He discusses how Jesus would run a newspaper today. First of all, I have become very annoyed with the question, "What would Jesus do?" as if He is not "doing" already. The question is not "What would Jesus do?" but "What is Jesus doing?" 

Michael asked whether Jesus would "provoke social reform by telling well crafted, engaging stories that make readers think and lead them to servant-action? Or would He preach sermons?" My answer is that He is doing both. Jesus is here and working. It isn't like He is sitting up there looking down us thinking, "If I were down there I would do that totally different." Christians are Jesus to this world and Jesus is working in uncountable ways in all the corners of the earth. 

Jesus does not just use his foot (media) or his hand (preaching) or his eyes (social action), but He uses his whole body. It is not fair to ask if Jesus would preach, teach, work among the homeless, be in politics, own a magazine or be a televangelist, as if we can say one way of reaching others is better than the other. All parts are needed whether they appeal to us as individuals or not.