How might we re-imagine God’s justice in a restorative framework rather than a primarily punitive one? On Christ the King Sunday, Christopher Mack reexamines scriptures on God’s justice and judgment through a lens of nonviolent theology and restorative justice. [Matthew 25:31-40]
Reflection
Where are you struggling to see God at work in our divisive, violent, over-consumptive, and destructive world?
When you long for God to be at work in the world, what values or actions do you hope for?
How might our hun...
How might we re-imagine God’s justice in a restorative framework rather than a primarily punitive one? On Christ the King Sunday, Christopher Mack reexamines scriptures on God’s justice and judgment through a lens of nonviolent theology and restorative justice. [Matthew 25:31-40]
Reflection
- Where are you struggling to see God at work in our divisive, violent, over-consumptive, and destructive world?
- When you long for God to be at work in the world, what values or actions do you hope for?
- How might our hunger for justice reshape our baggage of images of God’s judgment?
Resources
- Book: Raising Abel: The Recovery of the Eschatological Imagination by James Alison
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