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Call to Faith Identify that place where you feel yourself "hungering and thirsting for justice."
How are you being called to humbly Call to Faith Identify that place where you feel yourself "hungering and thirsting for justice." How are you being called to humbly and mercifully seek restorative justice in that situation?
How are you being called to humbly Call to Faith Identify that place where you feel yourself "hungering and thirsting for justice." How are you being called to humbly and mercifully seek restorative justice in that situation?
How are you being called to humbly Call to Faith Identify that place where you feel yourself "hungering and thirsting for justice." How are you being called to humbly and mercifully seek restorative justice in that situation?
The Prophet Micah
With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
The Beatitudes Matthew 5
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Matthew 5:3-7
Walk Humbly “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Matthew 5:3-7
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Matthew 5:3-7
Love Mercy “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Matthew 5:3-7
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Matthew 5:3-7
Act Justly “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Matthew 5:3-7
righteousness, justice
World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration
Prison Fellowship International World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration Prison Fellowship International
World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration punish VS. repair
World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration punish VS. repair “crime causes harm and justice requires repairing that harm” Prison Fellowship International
World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration punish VS. repair How?
World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration punish VS. repair “the best way to determine how to do that is to have the parties decide together”
World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration punish VS. repair exclude VS. encounter
World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration punish VS. repair exclude VS. encounter victim
education/rehabilitation World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration punish VS. repair exclude VS. encounter victim education/rehabilitation
Professor Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom It’s true that education is a good thing for those who spend their days behind bars—it significantly reduces re-incarceration rates, saves the state on average $5 for every $1 invested, and increases the opportunity for people to find meaningful work upon release. Within prisons, education contributes to better race relations, generates good communication between residents and correctional staff, and decreases violence. Professor Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom
North Park Seminary Program at Stateville Prison
Professor Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom Yet any claim that we who are free are the ones ministering to or “fixing” those who are incarcerated is misguided. It renders insignificant the transformative work done by the students who are incarcerated. Professor Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom
World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration punish VS. repair exclude VS. encounter
World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration punish VS. repair exclude VS. encounter stagnate
World’s Justice = Retribution VS. God’s Justice = Restoration punish VS. repair exclude VS. encounter stagnate VS. transform
God’s Justice = Restoration repair encounter transform
Call to Faith Identify that place where you feel yourself "hungering and thirsting for justice."
How are you being called to humbly Call to Faith Identify that place where you feel yourself "hungering and thirsting for justice." How are you being called to humbly and mercifully seek restorative justice in that situation?
How are you being called to humbly Call to Faith Identify that place where you feel yourself "hungering and thirsting for justice." How are you being called to humbly and mercifully seek restorative justice in that situation? repair - encounter - transform
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