Yeshua Ben Yusef stands at the end of his prophetic community-building ministry, ready to enter Jerusalem. Within 25 years, followers of the new Christian religion will know him as Jesus the Christ. Building on the events of Easter week, John Fugelsang’s brilliant bestseller, Separation of Church and Hate, takes that ministry very seriously.
On this Sunday we turn to the 7th and 8th Principles: respect for the interdependent web of all existence and the call to dismantle racism and other oppressions within ourselves and our institutions. These principles stretch us beyond comfort and into accountability.
In this service, we’ll reflect on the 5th and 6th Principles: the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process, and the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all. From congregational meetings to global hopes, we’ll ask what it means to practice shared power faithfully and imperfectly.
