It has come to my attention, a sort of awakening of spirit, that I am surrounded by what could be deemed, "Social Injustice" and I am oblivious to it. Christ was an agent of social change, a voice for the poor, downtrodden and opressed and I, rather, am an agent of just being social. What are we doing....as believers in Christ what are we doing while people all over the world are having thier lives ripped apart? Are we serving on committees? Drinking $4.00 coffees and discussing theology? Attending our "worship" services with the Holy Spirit leading us with technologically moving bells and whistles....or is the Holy Spirit leading us to offer our bodies, our lives to the world as spiritual acts of worship?
I am one of them, naive, no clue that the world is in need of more than a Christian, but a Christ follower. This a journey, if you will, not only for the reader, but for myself; a research project to expel our naivity and apathy and hopefully, spark an urgency for this dieing world.
Join me.
Social injustice
Social injustice is a concept relating to the perceived unfairness or injustice of a society in its divisions of rewards and burdens. The concept is distinct from those of justice in law, which may or may not be considered moral in practice. Opposition to social injustice is increasingly a platform of emerging political parties.
"The one thing we can all agree [on]... is that God is with the vulnerable and poor. God is in the slums ... God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives... God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them."
Bono
5.04.2006
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