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social justice
Thanksgiving for Justice
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006Over the weekend, I came across two wonderful MP3s by Dr. Tim Keller, founder and senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, and Richard Townsell, executive director of Lawndale Christian Community Development Corporation in Chicago on the subject of social justice. Rudy wants me to review the messages on this blog so he doesn’t have to [...]
“Righting Wrongs”
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006I was trying to explain the concept of justice to my son the other day, and the best definition I could come up with for him to understand was: “Righting wrongs.” It’s not enough to see the wrong or even admit the wrong. Justice demands action to right the wrong, to eliminate it and remedy [...]
Thoughts on Social Justice
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife (1909-1999): “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.” Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador (1917-1980; assassinated): “The word of God is like the light of the sun. It illuminates [...]
Celebrating Jacob Riis and the fight for economic justice
Thursday, June 9th, 2005Generation Xcel opened its first youth center nine years ago this summer in a New York City public housing project named after Jacob Riis. A Dutch immigrant in the late 1800s, Riis employed new technology as one of the first photojournalists in exposing the harsh living condions of the urban poor. His most influential book, [...]