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 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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Social Justice & Advocacy Column June 6
Some Effects of Living the “New Story” We will … buy differently. For example, when faced with a choice between an inexpensive pair of pants produced by a corporation that exploits workers (whom we now see to be our neighbors), we wi...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column May 31
The Way of Love Imagine recentering on the God we know in Jesus. Imagine becoming practicing communities that follow Jesus and embody his community of love. The forces of empire and establishment will tell you that’s a worthy caus...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column May 23
New Options From an article I wrote titled “Still on the Journey,” I believe that as a spiritual practice we can imagine and create “a political system responsive to the people and respectful of global neighbors, a health system that...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column May 16
Patterns It becomes more obvious the longer you live that all life is full of patterns. Reality is trying to tell us something. Life is speaking to us. There’s lots of mystery out there, to be sure, and no shortage of chaos and unpredict...
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