There is a great risk that comes with countering oppression. People who have long been in power or who have long possessed great wealth at the expense of others, won’t let go of these things easily. Pharaoh and the Egyptians, as portrayed in the early chapters of Exodus, resisted in letting the people of Israel …
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Any ten year old American kid could tell you what a superhero looks like. Although they all have distinguishing characteristics, every superhero from Batman to Spiderman to Wonderwoman, bear one thing in common: the ability to save the day and beat the bad guys. They exist solely because oppression exists. Although Marvel comics didn’t exist …
Last Sunday, Christians around the globe celebrated Palm Sunday. The celebration draws on the account of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem where He was hailed as king. The celebration also marks the beginning of Passion Week – the last string of events leading up to Jesus’ death on Good Friday and subsequent resurrection on Sunday, …
Resurrection ...the promise that the things that are dead will live again ...the hope that the things that are decaying will be revitalized again ...the confidence that those who are sick will be well again ...the assurance that those who are oppressed and in bondage and enslaved by the systems of this world will be …
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We all have those favorite Bible passages that we turn to over and over again. Scriptures that we have underlined and earmarked; promises that we have circled time and time again so much that the paper is wearing thin in those spots. The Magnificat, found in Luke 1, has never been one of those passages …
I recently wrote about the relationship between the oppressed and the perpetrators, sharing that those who have been oppressed have to be willing to surrender their notions of being a victim in order for true reconciliation and healing to be achieved. But why in the world would people who have experienced such injustice want to do that? …
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Ebony Johanna 