“…if the call of Jesus is to
worship a God of distributive justice, then there is no getting around the fact
that everyone in the world must have enough.
Calling this ‘socialism’ is a scare tactic…making sure that everyone in
the world has enough should be called ‘church.’
Justice means that everyone is welcome at the table…
Starvation in the world is not the result of lack of food, but of a failure to share. There is enough for everyone, with some left over, but not if the gifts of the earth are reduced to a commodity that is sold to the highest bidder. ‘Whatever the market will bear’ becomes unbearable if you are poor.
In the Underground Church, nothing is for sale, and no one can be purchased. We step out of the madness of the world of buying and selling…What has been freely given is freely offered…That…begins with food and remains only when everyone has enough.”
Justice means that everyone is welcome at the table…
Starvation in the world is not the result of lack of food, but of a failure to share. There is enough for everyone, with some left over, but not if the gifts of the earth are reduced to a commodity that is sold to the highest bidder. ‘Whatever the market will bear’ becomes unbearable if you are poor.
In the Underground Church, nothing is for sale, and no one can be purchased. We step out of the madness of the world of buying and selling…What has been freely given is freely offered…That…begins with food and remains only when everyone has enough.”
-- from The Underground Church (2012), pp. 177, 185, 190
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