Detroit currently sits at an umeployment rate of 28.9%, a truly astronomical number.A gospel that does not take this seriously, that does not somehow proclaim "good news" to and in this situation is a wanting gospel. A gospel that only pats the suffering on the back and promises "spiritual blessing" is an escapist and Gnostic gospel that has little connection with the God made manifest in the incarnation, the God who met and bore the world's suffering in the cross.
If that last paragraph is right, what is the message that we proclaim? What stories do we tell? How do we chose to live? How do we comport ourselves to proclaim and embody a bigger gospel? What news is good today? How does the "horizon of hope" begin to intersect the horizon of our despair? (Ala Moltmann?)
(This is me, seeking the wisdom of my virtual CIJ.)
1 comment:
I think step one is not to tell or proclaim anything, simply to listen.
Gather people together and ask them to tell their stories around unemployment. Hear what they have to say and then form these story-tellers together and find ways to act in concrete ways based on the stories heard/told. Many people try to help others in need, but very few actually hear directly from those affected and work WITH the unemployed to find solutions.
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