Jesus offers a way in this world: Jesus stands before God’s people and declares that the oppressed should go free, the poor should be lifted up. Jesus stands with us in our pain, and offers us a way forward. Jesus stands in the midst of our growing diversity and longs to gather us together. That is a way that we can choose to follow.
Category Archives: Justice
Do Justice.
This ban on refugees is unChristian. What does it mean to be a people who follow Jesus today? What does it mean to be a Christian who believes in “Welcome” today? I wonder if our church is being challenged to inhabit that value more fully.
What will become of his dream?
In the days, months, and years to come, a dream is at stake. The dream wasn’t just the dream of a single presidency. It wasn’t just the dream of a single preacher or a single movement. The dream is bigger. The dream belongs to God.
The Darkness Did Not Overcome It.
Sometimes I’m still working out what the Gospel means, but even in uncertain times I know: God’s light still shines.
Mike Angell 