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A Call to Prayer for Societal Injustice
On April 11, 2021, the world witnessed another unarmed Black man killed at the hands of Read More
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Thomas R. Hawkins | Read Psalm 5:1-8
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Sign Up TodayNaboth’s widow and children could have written Psalm 5. The psalmist praises God as the one who takes no delight in evil, greed, dishonesty, or treachery. The psalmist’s God is the arbiter of justice and the strength of the oppressed. We can imagine Naboth’s survivors praying this psalm of lament,...
Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness . . . ; make your way straight before me. Amen.
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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.”
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