[Craic] our CRAIC conversation yesterday re immigrants and refugees

[David Walsh]

Following up on our CRAIC conversation yesterday re immigrants and refugees, this talk by N.T. Wright on systemic racism challenges Christians to rethink their views and to live out the words of Jesus that 'All humans are made in the image of God'.
It is interesting that Wright's talk was to a business audience.

RETHINK: DIVERSITY & RACISM.
https://www.entrepreneurialleaders.com/NTWrightRacismChristiansLeadership

We also can be challenged by these scriptures (referenced by our 'Sunday Community') which give us much to think "about how we should not isolate ourselves, virtually, from that real world in which we are living". .

      In the oldest texts of the Bible, we find a reason why our hearts should expand to embrace the foreigner. It derives from the enduring memory of the Jewish people that they themselves had once lived as foreigners in Egypt: "You shall not wrong or oppress a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt" (Ex 22:21).

      181. Every commitment inspired by the Church's social doctrine is "derived from charity, which according to the teaching of Jesus is the synthesis of the entire Law (cf. Mt 22:36-40)". This means acknowledging that "love, overflowing with small gestures of mutual care, is also civic and political, and it makes itself felt in every action that seeks to build a better world". For this reason, charity finds expression not only in close and intimate relationships but also in "macro-relationships: social, economic and political".

Cheers
David

David Walsh
Cell -  416-361-1341
david at dwalsh.ca<mailto:david at dwalsh.ca>



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