Follow Up

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. – Isaiah 1:17

This is just a quick follow up to my last post. I am thankful for my community where citizens, law enforcement, and government can peacefully come together to protest injustice and to pray and pursue understanding and change. I was pleased to see about a dozen pastors and at least a handful of my church members there.

Keep praying for our leaders to make courageous, wise choices that promote justice and for concerned citizens to passionately plead for justice in ways that are compassionate and profitable rather than violent or hateful.

Below are a couple pictures from the march and a link to some pictures taken by the local paper.

Link to Times Herald pictures  Here.  

(I’m in the third one down…black mask behind one of my church members who has his mask pulled down)

#georgefloyd

It’s time for another non-book review post (I seem to be doing more of those than usual lately). When I read American church history, I am deeply disappointed and saddened by the silence (at best) of most white conservative churches during the era of slavery, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement. I hate talking politics, but what kind of hypocrite would I be if I kept silent right now? I posted this on my church’s Facebook page yesterday and wanted to share it with you as well.

Also, I don’t know if anyone local follows this blog, but if there is anyone, consider this event:

Protest