Today’s Reflection
Feeling unequal to the task, we may avoid doing anything. [Our response to injustice may] be insufficient. Those possibilities notwithstanding, there is another, deeper truth: God uses seemingly insufficient things to effect justice, to bring about freedom.
—Andrew Wilkes, Britney Winn Lee, Rally: Communal Prayers for Lovers of Jesus and Justice (Fresh Air Books, 2020)
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Today’s Question
How is God using your small steps to bring about justice and freedom? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
Glory to God, who is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or imagine by his power at work within us.
—Ephesians 3:20 (CEB)
Today’s Litany
ONE: We seek justice with discernment, rejecting the false ideal of having to
know everything before starting anything.
ALL: All-wise God, help us distinguish between essential facts and nonessential
perspectives so that we can take informed action for justice.
ONE: One small step to undo oppression is greater than an ambitious, undone
deed.
ALL: Give us the strength to begin the work and the stamina to complete
it.
—Andrew Wilkes, Britney Winn Lee, Rally: Communal Prayers for Lovers of Jesus and Justice (Fresh Air Books, 2020)
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Joshua 3:7-17
- Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
- Matthew 23:1-12
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