A friend of mine and I ate breakfast together today at our favorite cafe, as we do every week. Our part of the neighborhood is seeing an influx of young, urban professionals — “climbing the professional ladder,” as my friend put it. Broadly speaking, these folks are well-educated and left-leaning, with entrepreneurial personalities. They know [...]
Archive for the ‘social justice’ Category
31 Oct
Trickle-Down Justice
Posted by smhjr in politics, social justice. Tagged: poverty, service. 15 Comments
26 Jun
Christian Politics, round 2
Posted by smhjr in Christianity, politics, poverty, social justice. Tagged: Christianity, politics. 4 Comments
We must see what is going on today. Something different is happening. We have wasteful technologies used by billions of people growing exponentially, more expansive exploitation, more powerful bombs. And yet people’s hearts are the same as they were thousands of years ago: a chaotic mix of love and hate, creativity and destructiveness. But this [...]
23 Jun
my political journey
Posted by smhjr in Christianity, church, politics, social justice. Tagged: Claiborne, faith, politics, testimony. 26 Comments
If you haven’t noticed, 2008 is an election year.
(Some of you just muttered to yourself, “So that’s why they keep showing that toothy guy and old man on the news!”)
A certain excitement surrounds presidential elections. Much of it is media-induced, as was evident by the earlier-than-ever start to the primary season (summer 2007). But a [...]
21 Apr
12 marks of “new monasticism”
Posted by smhjr in New Monasticism, hospitality, monasticism, simplicity, social justice. 7 Comments
Relocation to the abandoned places of Empire.
Sharing economic resources with fellow community members and the needy among us.
Hospitality to the stranger
Lament for racial divisions within the church and our communities combined with the active pursuit of a just reconciliation.
Humble submission to Christ’s body, the church.
Intentional formation in the way of Christ and the rule [...]
19 Dec
Lives of Justice
Posted by smhjr in Boston, Boston Faith and Justice Network, justice, simplicity, social justice. Leave a Comment
There exists in Boston a group of [for the most part] young Christians who meet regularly to pray about, strategize about, and organize a “Christian movement in Greater Boston more deeply aware of injustices and capable of responding through service, learning, and advocacy.” I’ve blogged about this group before — about how blessed we [...]
7 Jul
political (un)involvement: part deux
Posted by smhjr in Christianity, Christians, Jesus, politics, social justice, theology. Leave a Comment
OK, so I rail against political involvement the other day on this blog, and then I read two very challenging passages from two very challenging authors that made me think again. What’s a guy to think?
For those of us who grow instantly nauseated at the mention of the word politics, maybe we can break [...]
22 Jun
political (un)involvement
Posted by smhjr in United States, culture, politics, social justice, theology. Leave a Comment
I had a talk the other day with our friends Aaron and Amy about politics and faith. “Steve probably took the radical leftist viewpoint,” you’re thinking. (I know, I know — I have in the past been guilty of being over-passionate about my viewpoint in political discussions).
But on Sunday, I took a different [...]
18 Jun
we were here last saturday!
Posted by smhjr in Boston, Boston Faith and Justice Network, social justice. Leave a Comment
(from Sunday’s Boston Globe)
Calling young evangelicals to social justice
Relationships with poor urged
By Roya Wolverson, Globe Correspondent | June 18, 2006
The band was as young and hip as the audience. It was all you’d expect from an urban summer gala — with a twist of holy wonder.
Last Saturday night, the sixth floor of Boston’s [...]
11 Jun
first Boston weekend
Posted by smhjr in Boston, mission, poverty, social justice. Leave a Comment
After four straight days of monsoon-like conditions in New England, today’s weather was stupendous. Blue sky, bright sun, 70 degrees. Amazing. We still feel like tourists in this town, like our vacation is going to end any day now. But alas, we live here now, and we’re loving it.
Our first weekend [...]
20 May
wealth
Posted by smhjr in Christians, poverty, simplicity, social justice, wealth. 1 Comment
GKB has facilitated quite a discussion of the Christian approach to wealth and prosperity. Discussions like that bring out every possible opinion, from “God wants us to be rich” to “God wants us to be poor,” and everything in between. Sometimes it makes my head hurt.
But instead of defining ourselves as Christians by [...]
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