Tag: social justice
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Reflecting on Isaiah 58 6-14
Does Isaiah 58 seem like a “political” text to us? What makes it seem that way? …
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A Model of Abundance
“What Did the Early Church Say About Economic Justice?” – from Plough – this morning’s email. Image: “Stilleben: Alter Wein und Brot,” Albert Anker, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Getting Unconfused About Justice, and Grace
Clean up, clean up,Everybody, everywhere!Clean up, clean upEverybody do your share! Daycare song Any three year old knows the difference between justice and injustice. We have to get older, better educated, more experienced, and more deeply invested in the profit sharing program, to get to the place where we think chronic, obvious injustice in the…
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Studying Jeremiah 21 8-14
We are studying Jeremiah 21:8-14 for Sunday, May 17 [Syttende Mai, Norwegian National Day, btw!] It is a deep, dark prophetic pronouncement on the consequences of chronic injustice. [Here are some questions on the text.] Here [at last] are some notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: Jeremiah is a long book. It announces at…
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Reflecting on Micah 3 & 6
We are studying portions of the book of Micah, Micah 3:1-2, 9-12, and 6:6-8, for Sunday, March 22. We haven’t quite worked out how we will share our thoughts about the text with one another this week, but we are working on that. In the meantime, some notes on the text are here, and here…
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Study Notes – Amos 5 18-24
We are studying Amos 5:18-24 for Sunday, March 1 – the first Sunday in Lent, so this pointed repudiation of ritual worship unaccompanied by substantive change in one’s manner of living, this pointed insistence that justice and righteousness is the real worship, is timely. [Some questions on the text are here.] Here are a few…
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First Sunday of Christmas
Sometimes what happens at church is that I have to face uncomfortable facts about myself and seriously consider what needs to change. A lot of people were out of town or sick this morning, and the weather was dismal and rainy, which probably did not help boost attendance, either; the choir had to make do…
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Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Presbytery of Ohio Valley* met yesterday, at Camp PYOCA. The times I’ve been there in the past, I was taking little girls to summer camp, or picking them up, so attending a meeting of “the wider church” there with a hundred or so grown-ups was a different experience. But the famous cinnamon rolls were…
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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our class couldn’t help noticing the relevance of the story Jesus tells in Luke 16:19-31 to our own world. Today, as then, some people interpret material success as a sign of God’s favor. Today, as then, some people believe that anyone who’s destitute, suffering, sick, whatever, is that way because they’ve made bad choices, because…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Luke 16 19-31
Our Uniform Series – Present Word text for Sunday, June 24 is Luke 16:19-31, the story of the rich man and Lazarus. Here are some questions we might want to consider in class:
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Notes on Luke 16 19-31
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, June 24 is Luke 16:19-31, Jesus’ story of “the rich man and Lazarus.” Here are my notes on the text:
Matters of Interpretation 