Yesterday Jeff's sermon looked at the topic of the systems of injustice that are present in any society and government, including ours. He asked the question of how we, as followers of Jesus, are to think about those systems. We aren't personally responsible for them, but often we benefit from them or indirectly support them in some way.
As a specific example, he brought up the issue of fair housing, particularly as it relates to how minorities often seem to be denied the same opportunities for housing that whites have. Neighborhoods are only very slowly becoming less segregated, median home values are much lower for African-Americans, and predatory "sub-prime" loans are given to African-Americans at a much higher rate. For many of us at Hillside, we're not directly affected by this issue - but is it our responsibility to care about it? If we do care, what can our response be in the face of such a systemic issue?
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