Deathly Hallows

So 2 of my favorite people and I have named ourselves the Deathly Hallows.  I, being the loudest, am the elder wand.  That's right, I'm a destructive force that in the right hands can kill the greatest dark wizard to date.  AWESOME!
This all came about at breakfast yesterday.  We three were discussing the state of our world, and where the responsibility for fixing it lies.  The interesting thing is that we all have different starting points in this conversation.  I'm a recovering Southern Baptist, one is a lifelong Catholic, and one is agnostic (although I think she was Methodist growing up).  Strangely enough, we didn't really disagree on anything.  Each of us saw the massive problems of poverty, disease, war, and government corruption.  And all of us agreed on whose job it is to address those problems: us.  Of course we worded it differently, but we all agreed that we should being doing everything we can as individuals and groups to solve these problems.  We even all agreed that whatever created this world, whether it be a god, multiple gods, or a speck of dust, would be very very very very very angry at how we've treated this creation.
It seems that the conversation on Christians specific role in this is becoming more and more prevelant.  Even Steven Colbert addressed it recently.  (Which was done very well, look it up.)
We have to take to heart that the Kingdom of God is here and now.  We need to start treating the sweet by and by what it is: The future that we create and influence NOW.  I don't want to go into this too much today, as I'm preaching on it December 26.  Consider this an advertisement for that. 
Just know that if we really mean it when we pray "Your kingdom come, Your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven", that it will require work on the part of the kingdom's servants.