Category: Social Justice
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If you have the power and privilege to opt out, you must opt in for the Good News to be received: None shall lose their reward
Lessons from South Africa Matthew 10:40-42 Sermon for Sunday, June 28, 2020 None of these will lose their reward. Jesus is still speaking to his disciples just as we heard in last week’s reading from Matthew’s 10th chapter. But today, in these three short verses, verses 40 to 42, we have moved from where Jesus…
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Really, Jesus?
Maybe I don’t have to love my neighbor as my sibling or my enemy as my self. Maybe I don’t have to be a Christian. Sermon September 3, 2017
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Was Jesus a Racist?
August 20, 2017 Sermon, Matthew 15:10-28 Was Jesus a Racist? Today’s Lectionary was designed by the Holy Spirit to meet us where we are today, this time and this week while we are still reeling from the events in Charlottesville. It’s about expanding the holy community to include everyone. Isaiah’s dream and vision about being…
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The Land of Sky and Wind @StandingRock
“Where are the graves? Where are the sacred circles? We can dig around them to build this pipeline.” So say the Dakota pipeline builders. Is this how any white man would treat Gettysburg? When a people’s history has taken place on the land, whole areas of land are sacred, not just particular spots. Racism is…
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Prayerful, Peaceful, Non-Violent, Lawful @StandingRock
“You are protecting a pipeline that was put in place because of a church doctrine. I am here to say that we are wrong.” That’s what we’re doing tomorrow. We are clergy coming to say we were wrong. Fr John Floberg of St James’ spoke to Dakota Pipeline officers today about our clergy witness walk tomorrow.…
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Conflict @StandingRock
Doing conflict well matters. When all this is over at #StandingRock, after whatever resolution comes and the crowds go home and people stop checking in on FaceBook, the long term damage will remain. The relationships between Native Peoples and the State have been set back 50 years. This afternoon Brian Grantz and Paul Nesta I heard from Patrick Kelly at…
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Striving for Justice and Peace in Migration
Originally published February, 2014 on the website of Province V of The Episcopal Church. This was a reflection on my painful pilgrimage to Tijuana in 2013 with Cohort 3 of the Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program. mc+ Being an Episcopal Christian, I’ve taken a vow to “strive for justice and peace among all people.” This summer I was…