While there may not be intended prejudice against people with disabilities, prejudice can occur simply by giving preference to able-bodied people. In this series, three ableist perspectives will be scrutinised, and a more nuanced perspective will be presented.
In his book, Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Make Us Just? Timothy Keller is much more considered, and helpful, than my response to the injustice I’ve seen. Keller seeks to answer four main questions: what is justice? For whom is justice? Why should Christians engage in acts of justice? And perhaps most crucially, how should we do acts of justice?
We have seen how from disorder God made the heavens and the earth. This gives us a rock-solid basis for confidence that God can and will bring order to disorder in our lives. Whether it is personal, political, spiritual in our relationship with God, or devotional. God’s purposes for us may not be as we would wish. But we can be confident that it will be for his glory, and better than any of us can possibly imagine.
God promises through Zechariah that even the most vulnerable who are faithful to him will be invincible, like mighty warriors. Yes, we might take some knocks, and what we endure may be unpleasant. But God creates order from disorder, and the order that God creates will be far superior to anything we’ve had before.
A reflection from our Chaplain Sam Yip on how as followers of Christ, you can always find remarkable moments in the mundane because of who He is.
A reflection from Prison Chaplain Timothy Abbey on how the Holy Spirit works to speak and convict inmates of the truth of Christ despite no prior knowledge of the Bible.
To avoid burnout, Ash reminds us that we are not God. Unlike God, we need sleep, days off, friends, refreshment (inward renewal). We need to avoid the trap of seeking renown and glory. We need to be mindful that our ministry is worth it, even when things don’t go to plan, and that it is God’s work. Finally, we need to delight in the grace of being in a saving relationship with God, and not in his gifts.
The good news is, no matter how much of a mess we’ve made, no matter how disordered things become, no matter how distant we’ve become from God, we are not beyond his reach. God can make order from our disorder. No mess is too big to clean up.
Rev. Jason Forbes breaks down the parable of the Good Samaritan, and how we can apply these principles to become better neighbours.
It is a well known fact that everyone needs good neighbours, but who are your neighbours? How can you be a good neighbour?
