Diogenes Allen, in his book Traces of God, made a powerful statement, “Concern for those in severe need is not a matter of choice for a Christian; it is to be a Christian” (91). …show more content…
In this article, Walker’s purpose is the “investigation of news as a category of communication” (140). As tried to understand his purpose I realized that news can be a type of communication if we let it be. If we read the news and acknowledge our predicament then something is being communicate to us. Walker states that “the response of hearer of a piece of news is to take action appropriate to his predicament” (117). This statement explains that Walker believes that news should be investigate by the hearer in order to implement it to his own predicament instead of accepting the news and making it a knowledge that will not be relevant to his predicament. Therefore, Walker might think that being able to read news as something new that needs to be investigated instead of reading it at as a statement of knowledge is a struggle we all go through, but it’s necessary for an authentic life. To some extent I agree with Walker because many people just take in knowledge of the world that surrounds them and do not try to understand the news outside their own little bubble. I believe that being able to respond to news through our own predicament could help us live an authentic