The "women" and "men" of God have become greedy and they shall not be spared from the wrath of God.

I would like to remind them of the story of Ananias and Saphira in the Bible. They should learn from this cautionary tale that God hates hypocrites.

These leaders ought to be reminded that they cannot serve two masters at a time. As a result, they should declare their stand whether they are the custodians of Christian faith or political activists.

The 2007 General Election saw renowned pastors battle it out with politicians at the polls. Some were even certain they had a vision from God that they should vie for the presidency, parliamentary or civic seats.

Church leaders have lost direction and I am worried because if the shepherd goes astray, the sheep will get lost. I know the Son of God mingled with tax collectors but he did not act like them. Instead, he used spiritual intervention to make them change their ways. Could the clergy borrow a leaf from Jesus?

Let them kneel down and pray for God’s forgiveness and intervention.

{Edna Ipalei, Nairobi}

Jesus says in John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep".

This verse has been repeatedly quoted (or is it misquoted?) to convince Christians to follow their shepherds, the clergy. My humble appeal to the clergy is for them to teach and preach the word as Jesus did. His words and actions when he walked the plains of Judea were centered on love.

Even as he died on the cross, he breathed love to the very end. He is alive and wants love in us and for others. The Proposed Constitution largely reflects love so it is perturbing to hear Church leaders opposed to it.

The draft law has great hope for the poor. It is fair and bold. It gives us the right to practice our religious callings. It also bans abortion unless on health grounds.

So how are Kadhis’ courts going to hurt my deep-rooted faith and love for Christ and my fellow man? I have a parcel of land, which I acquired legally and the proposed law protects it.

Every God-fearing, Church-going Christian should support the truth and vote ‘Yes’ at the referendum.

{Mary Gloria Nzisa, Mombasa}

The clergy have increasingly become the butt of many cynical jokes. This is because the faithful have developed a skeptical distrust of them.

It is easy to understand the anger and frustration from the faithful. Big money allegedly from the ‘clergy’ is threatening to corrode our democracy. We also have undue influence from a wealthy cabal who in communion with the clergy are pooling their massive resources together to cripple the reform process.

We all know that it can only be a perversion of democracy for a section of the clergy to rely on financial resources rather than prayer and ideology to influence the referendum outcome.

We need to know whether the faithful were consulted by the clergy before their tithes were injected into this muddy referendum campaign exercise.

As for the ‘Yes’ team, I wish to remind them that commitment and consensus in strategy are prerequisites for a successful campaign.

{Francis Tome, Bumula}

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