Pursuing Justice introduces and explores the theme of biblical and social justice from a historical, theological and contemporary framework. “Justice has become trendy. Ken Wytsma’s Pursuing Justice avoids all the pitfalls of trendiness. It exhibits a deep and accurate understanding of the nature of justice. It is an eye-opener.” NICHOLAS WOLTERSTORFFNoah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, […]
Race and the Gospel: Is Justice a Part of the Discussion? Originally appeared in Outreach Magazine Good news, like light, touches everything in the room. Like light, it spreads, rolling forward, never-endingly chasing away the darkness. “Only he who cries for the Jews is permitted to sing Gregorian chant.”—Dietrich Bonhoeffer I recently saw an Instagram
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The God of Justice “The Lord’s justice will dwell in the desert, his righteousness live in the fertile field.” Isaiah 32:16 The God of Disruptive Justice The balance of scripture shows us that the God of justice always moves in history and that this often comes with disruption. The Old Testament prophets spoke to, amidst,
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Why Morality Belongs in our Justice Conversation “The temptation of this age is to look good without being good.”[1] Brennan Manning Justice requires more than wanting to change the world, but being willing to change ourselves along with it. The word “morality” seems to have fallen on hard times these days. It is often taken
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The Presence of Injustice This summer the justice and missions interns that were part of the Antioch Internship program read and discussed Pursuing Justice along with several other projects they did for the church and the community. It brought up several themes of where God is in the midst of injustice. Below is a lament
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Guest Post by Peter Goodwin Heltzel “Writing theology is like writing a love letter,” said Gustavo Gutiérrez, the author of A Theology of Liberation, on Wednesday May 6th at Fordham University in New York City. As we passionately write love letters to our beloved, so we should write theology passionately about our God. Merciful love
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Two years ago this May I traveled to Hong Kong for the first time in my life. It’s an amazing city with as much diversity as anywhere in the world (and more skyscrapers than anywhere in the world). I was being hosted by friends at The Vine Church in the Wanchai district of Hong Kong
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This statement is attributed to Nelson Mandela, and it describes why, in 2008, we founded Kilns College in Bend, Oregon. So we can also say, Education is really Important to Pursuing Justice Kilns is a unique startup—a community of learners united
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Photo Credit: Robert Martinez, Creative Commons Guest Post by Leroy Barber The Justice Conference is meant to foster deep conversations on the things that matter to the heart of God. It seems that in today’s world the conversation on race seems to be getting lost and I am not sure this is a good. In Michelle Alexander’s
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Guest Post by Dr. Amy Stumpf Six stalks of bamboo sit on my desk. Three are just regular bamboo stalks that grow straight up. The other three are slightly more expensive “lucky” bamboo stalks that have grown in some decorative shapes. That bamboo didn’t just randomly grow into an artistically twisted pattern. I suppose that
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