Tag: injustice
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Loving What God Loves, Hating What God Hates
Psalm 97 is a song of joy and awe. Yet tucked inside this praise is a verse that can trouble modern readers “The Lord loves those who hate evil;he preserves the lives of his saintsand delivers them from the hand of the wicked.” (Psalm 97:10) At first hearing, this can sound conditional—almost as if God’s…
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Are we willing to listen while there is still time?
At first glance, today’s readings—Psalm 50, Isaiah 9:18–10:4, 2 Peter 2:10–16, and Matthew 3:1–12—feel uncomfortably blunt. Each text names sin plainly and exposes patterns of human behavior that distort our relationship with God and with one another. It can sound like relentless judgment. But if we listen carefully, these Scriptures are not merely condemning; they…
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Truth and Brightness: Telling the Whole Story of America
Recently, President Trump criticized the Smithsonian museums for putting “too much emphasis” on slavery and not enough on the brightness of America. His words made me pause, because they touch on something I’ve wrestled with for a long time. When I was in school, we were never really taught the full ugliness of slavery or…
The Curious Pilgrim 