![]() ![]() Jesus' role as liberator, status quo destroyer, and shackles breaker is ours, because we are the body of Christ. Jesus came to release those who are captive to poverty, oppression, physical malady, and political realities. In Luke 4, Jesus proclaims his call to ministry. ![]() It breaks my heart.Īs we move toward the season of Advent, and consider the circumstances of our nation, I find two texts particularly compelling. Racism is in the air-in coffee shops, in classrooms, in conversations in the work place, and in our congregational life. Even when we are not sure that circumstances are motivated by racism, race is "read" into these events due to our history. ![]() The stories attached to these names break our hearts and make us feel the past is pressing into the present. I suppose if Ferguson was an isolated context or if Michael Brown's death was an anomaly, congregations this Sunday might simply pray for the families, for the burning buildings, for the broken glass in the streets and the broken hearts in Ferguson and around the nation. Restore: Thoughts Beyond Ferguson Toward Racial Healing ![]()
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