"Part 14: Read Carl Jeffrey Wright’s In Search of Heroes Interview and Become Inspired" by Ralph Zuranski
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check out the links below to the Guardian Line Comics and Urban Ministries
www.TheGuardianLine.com
www.urbanministries.com
Ralph Zuranski: How are you making the world a better place?
Jeff Wright: I’m blessed to be a part of a ministry and a business that can do things like bring the Guardian Line, some positive characters to the comic universe, to be able to bring teaching resources to many thousands of churches around the country and to give away resources that particularly speak to people of African descent in the context of their culture.
Jeff Wright: I believe as we help to shape cultural and Biblical worldview in the lives of people through the teaching resources and the content resources that we develop at UMI, the world is becoming a better place. Transforming lives so that they can be used by God to His glory is making the world a better place.
Ralph Zuranski: Do you have any good solutions for the problems facing society, especially racism, child abuse and spousal abuse, and violence among young people?
Jeff Wright: Again, I believe that it is really important today, especially as Americans, that we limit our participation and our support of and our consumption of negative media content.
Jeff Wright: I may sound like a broken record on this but I think that is perhaps the single greatest problem that we face today. If we can begin to focus on more positive content and then take positive actions to do the things that we as a nation may be uniquely equipped to do, it can make a difference in the world.
Ralph Zuranski: If you had three wishes for your life and the world that would instantly come true what would they be?
Jeff Wright: I guess my first would be to end injustice and oppression and expose the evil that is so pervasive in our society today. The second thing would be to get us to a place where person to person, man to man, woman to woman, we come to a place where we are judging people by the content of their character and where we all begin to understand that this world, this life that we live, is one that should have an opportunity for everyone and that all people count. And I wish that were an understanding that we had and not the privileged few.
Jeff Wright: I have a third wish, right? Well, I’m not going to wish for world peace. And I can’t wish for more wishes.
(Laughter)
Jeff Wright: I have to say that I do think that there is a unique situation with such a small group of people, 5% of the world’s population here in the U.S., having nearly half of the wealth of this planet. If we could see a way that we could be used to make a difference in the lives of the billions of people who are food insecure, who have no clean water and inadequate housing, this country could take on the vision of using its great wealth to really make a difference in the areas of world hunger, disease, inadequate food and shelter, which is something I believe we could actually do. I would like to see that happen.
Ralph Zuranski: What do you think of the In Search of Heroes program and its impact on youth, parents and business people?
Jeff Wright: The In Search of Heroes program is a tremendous program in part because it is doing a good thing, but mostly because of its accessibility through the Internet, putting a positive message out globally through this resource will change lives. And I believe that positive visions disseminated widely may be perhaps the most important use of the Internet. And your work with this resource will certainly bear much fruit as we hear testimonies of people who perhaps aren’t even alive yet about how their lives have changed because of the content that they encountered in In Search of Heroes.
Ralph Zuranski: Jeff, I really appreciate your time and I thank you for answering the questions. I have to say that it is truly profound, the things that you had to say, and it’s something that every person would benefit from hearing. I just really appreciate what you are doing with Urban Ministries. It’s a great thing to bring positive images into the comic book industry.
I just congratulate you and Michael for what you are doing.
Jeff Wright: Thank you so much. Thank you for selecting us and for the opportunity to share. We really, really appreciate it.
Ralph Zuranski: Thanks again and God bless you and have a great day.
Jeff Wright: Thank you.