Headlines and prophets: a conversation
McDonald’s workers go on strike over sexual harassment
“Yes, I’m on my way to visit you with Judgement.
I’ll press compelling evidence against sorcerers, adulterers, liars,
those who exploit workers,
those who take advantage of widows and orphans,
those who are inhospitable to the homeless —
anyone and everyone who doesn’t honor me.”
In North Carolina, it’s the poorest who bear the brunt of flooding
“They’ll see that you take care of the poor,
that you take care of poor people in trouble,
provide a warm, dry place in bad weather,
provide a cool place when it’s hot.”
U.S. slashes the number of refugees it will allow into the country
“Attend to matters of justice.
Set things right between people.
Rescue victims from their exploiters.
Don’t take advantage of the homeless,
the orphans, the widows.
Stop the murdering!”
Violence displaces over 30,000 in northwest Syria this month: UN
“He’ll settle things fairly between nations.
He’ll make things right between many peoples.
They’ll turn their swords into shovels,
their spears into hoes.
No more will nation fight nation;
they won’t play war anymore.”
(Scripture passages are from The Message translation in order of appearance: Malachi 3:5, Isaiah 25:3,Jeremiah 22:3, Isaiah 2:5)
