Our Social Justice & Advocacy Committee seeks to follow Jesus in the work of justice, peacemaking and advocating on behalf of the disempowered. Together we participate in justice initiatives and organizing events around issues such as food and housing insecurity, diversity and inclusion, and the protection and care of the environment.
Social Justice & Advocacy
Social Justice & Advocacy Column August 23
Gift The gift structure of the universe is that of an interdependent community of nature and neighbor that extends through the ages in which we care for what was handed to us and give gifts to others as a response. This is not a closed cir...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column August 15
Who are the Ministers? It seems to me that we must begin to validate Paul’s original teaching on “many gifts and many ministries” (1 Corinthians 12:4-11). … Individual communities may do this well, but on the whole we need Christia...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column August 8
Trust vs Fear The world is how you see it and what you make of it. If you look at the world with benevolent eyes, the world reciprocates with benevolence. If you project suspicion and self-interest, you get the same in return. Trust begets...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 25
Musings on Last Week’s Epistle Please listen. Not because anyone wants to be right. It is bad news that the earth is heating up while our trust in God is cooling down. No more slavery to the Empire of Exxon. And more of the breathing, bi...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 19
Heaven and Hell To me, then, heaven and hell are concepts that are part of all creation. Heaven and hell exist within and beyond the confines of our world of space and time. We can participate in heaven by living in harmony and res...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 11
Jesus and AR-15s. Christ—the central focus of Christianity—is not a king, and not a fighter, but an advocate for the downtrodden. His ministry has no apparent interest in nationalism—indeed, welcoming strangers is one of its hallmarks....
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 4
“What I Have Learned So Far” Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? Because, properly attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column June 27
We Are the Light God created the light. Jesus is light in the darkness. And yet we — fragile and flawed human beings — are the light of the world. Jesus says, “No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column June 20th
Social Animals Deep time, or the communion of saints professed in Christian creeds, means that our goodness is not just our own, nor is our badness just our own. We are intrinsically social animals. We carry the lived and the unlived (an...
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