Today's Readings
Today I feel like both the Jeremiah and the Acts readings are speaking to me. Jeremiah tells us that we don't have to be old and wise or experienced to know and speak the truth, nor that it is important that we wait until a particular place and time. It also should remind us that we should listen to people who are young but speaking truth, whether that is religious truth or political truth or justice truth.
The Acts reading speaks of two very topical things, also similar to that in the Jeremiah reading - going out to talk to new audiences in the face of persecution and speaking to whole new groups. In Acts, Cyprus and Cyrene began speaking to Greeks, not just Jews.
Right now, I feel like we should be listening to the people (many young) teaching and demonstrating on the streets of our cities and the internet about racism and policing and the American "justice" system. In many cases, it is their first time leading or their first time speaking, in others they have been studying for years. But as Christians, it is our time to listen and act for justice. Big table justice.
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