Racial Injustice
In Australia a new federal government and the death of Queen Elizabeth 11
have both raised the foundational racial injustice in Australia
– the status of our Indigenous Peoples. In his very first letter St Paul tackles
the fundamentals of human relationships.
His conversion from a learned Jew to a disciple of Jesus Christ
rocked the very nature of his being and upbringing,
his faith system and how he viewed others around him.
The challenge he faced is written large in Galatians 3.
It demonstrates a fundamental turn right around and an opening up
– eyes and heart and mind – wide open. And yet we continue to be obsessed with race,
status and gender difference. How long, O Lord, how long???
There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free;
there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28
We are asked this week to pray for the Diocese of High Veld in South Africa.
This diocese includes Johannesburg, a city which suffers much from racial tensions.
Here ‘the mothers donated trees to five parishes to plant
as part of the Green Anglicans support and awareness drive’.
We can thank God that members are recovering from racial injustice
and now consider what they can do for future generations and the Earth.