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Just Education

Should education just be about academic skills–reading and writing, math and science? Should schools teach justice–right from wrong? What does a just society do about poor-performing schools? Just questions . . . with no simple answers.

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Just Questions

In these unsettled times, justice comes into question. Justice is blind, we claim. The Greek statue of Justice wears a blindfold, supposedly to avoid favoritism–of friend over foe, of rich over poor, of one race or ethnicity over another.   … Continue reading

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Shelter in Some Other Storm

Our news has been so COVID-centered, I missed Category-5 Cyclone Amphan in real time. I discovered what I’d overlooked here in The Christian Post. I was shocked by the devastation in Bangladesh and parts of India.   “‘When you take … Continue reading

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Where’s Sin?

  Genesis 4:7 (NIV) Sin is crouching at your door.   Don’t let it trip you.

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Without Sin

  Let’s imagine Jesus in the midst of one of our angry crowds seeking justice. This snippet of Scripture, spoken to a different group seeking different justice, might dissolve the tension.   John 8:7b (MEV) Let him who is without … Continue reading

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Uprooted Sin

When you uproot one sin, don’t replace it with another. Don’t replace slavery with Jim Crow. Don’t replace segregation with discrimination. Don’t replace hatred with a sense of superiority.   My mother always said, “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” … Continue reading

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My Sins

“O Lord, forgive me my sins, the sins of my youth, and my present sins, the sin that my parents cast upon me, original sin, and the sins that I cast upon my children, in an ill example; actual sins, … Continue reading

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The Sins of Our Fathers

  We like to think, “It was them, not us.” We prefer to ignore the sins of our ancestors.   Slavery and segregation Punishing the innocent, protecting the guilty Corruption and greed Calling good things bad and bad things good … Continue reading

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Shelter from COVID-19’s Spiritual Implications

  Life in Abundance ministers in 56 disadvantaged communities in 14 African and Caribbean countries.  COVID-19 has escalated the need:   “We recognize the severity of this for the urban and rural poor we walk with, many of whom live … Continue reading

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The Church Laments

  The COVID-isolated Church laments, but not at the level of the Old Testament exile:     Lamentations 2:6 (NIV) He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; he has destroyed his place of meeting. The Lord has made … Continue reading

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