Moses, Nehemiah, Jesus,
and many other leaders in the stories of scripture
brought hope with their courage to speak against injustice
by calling out those responsible, and saying:
“What you are doing isn’t good!”
Susan B. Anthony, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela,
and may other leaders in the history of the world
brought hope with their courage to speak against injustice
by calling out those responsible, and saying:
“What you are doing isn’t good!”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer famously said,
“The church is only the church when it exists for others.”
He wrote those words while he was in a Nazi prison,
because he had to courage to speak against injustice
by calling out those responsible, and saying:
“What you are doing isn’t good!”
We don’t have to write books from prison,
but we ARE the church…
and we ARE a community whose purpose
is to exist for others…
So we MUST have the courage to speak against injustice
by calling out those responsible, and saying,
“What you are doing isn’t good!”
We don’t have to be nailed to a cross,
but we ARE the church…
and we ARE a community whose purpose
is to exist for others…
So we WILL have the courage to speak against injustice
by calling out those responsible, and saying,
“What you are doing isn’t good!”
…and may our words be followed by our actions,
so that God’s light might shine bright in the world.
Amen.
Submitted by Scott Cervas, pastor at Meadowthorpe Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY)
Renee says
Scott, this is a wonderful litany. Thank you for sharing it. I hope to use it to bless and challenge others. Many blessings to you in your ministry.