Christian Reflection and Prayer

Verse

The wolf shall live with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down
with the kid, and the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 11:6

Voice

The social order we seek is not a utopia. It is a world where
political life is understood in terms of active participation by
the governors and the governed in the realization of the
common good.
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Prayer

God, we yearn for the day you will govern this world. We
yearn for the day when the wolf shall live with the lamb, and
the governors shall work with the governed, and the little child
shall lead them. We pray you would sustain your people as
they seek this common good. Amen.

HOW ABOUT FERGUSON? (1)

Michael Brown was a good kid, by accounts of those who
knew him during his short life. But that’s not why his death
is tragic. His death isn’t tragic because he was a sweet kid
on his way to college the next week. His death is tragic
because he was a human being and his life mattered. The
Good Kid narrative might provoke some sympathy but what
it really does is support the lie that as a rule black people,
black men in particular, have a norm of violence or criminal
behavior. The Good Kid narrative says that this kid didn’t
deserve to die because his goodness was the exception to
the rule. This is wrong. This kid didn’t deserve to die
because he was a human being and black lives matter.

This post originally appeared at janeewoods.com. Follow
Janee on Twitter at @janeepwoods.

I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you
not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and
rivers in the desert.   Isaiah 43:19

Voice

For last year's words belong to last year's language and
next year's words await another voice. And to make an
end is to make a beginning.
-T.S. Eliot

Prayer

God, as we celebrate a new year, we celebrate your new
creation that is springing forth. As we give new voice to
the new year's words, give us eyes to perceive your work.
Amen.