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Just Right

  Psalm 89:13 (GNT) Your kingdom is founded on righteousness and justice.   Without a clear sense of right and wrong, there will never be true justice.

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Just Punishment

  “Punishment is justice for the unjust.” Augustine (354-430)     Augustine of Hippo (Saint Augustine to the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican traditions), was a bishop of the Christian Church in North Africa. His writings impacted theology and philosophy … Continue reading

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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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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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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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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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Christ’s Lament

Christ wept for His city: Luke 19:41-42 (NIV) As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace.”   Let’s follow … Continue reading

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My Lament

  I’m taking my cue from the book of Lamentations and writing my own broken-hearted prayer:     Our cities are a mess, Lord. – Empty sidewalks. – Boarded businesses. Marked by desolation and destruction. People are a mess, Lord. … Continue reading

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How?

  We look at the news reports, and we wonder:     How? How did this happen? How did we fall this low? I noticed a title on someone else’s post: A Lament. It sent my mind to the Bible … Continue reading

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