A personal proximity to injustice means...
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Staying "within reach" of the poor and hurting and those who are often over looked, asking whom God has placed within your reach. It’s taking responsibility for myself in walking next to friends and neighbors who suffer from the snobbery and sometimes lousy neighboring of the dominant culture.There is a poem or creed central to community development philosophies embracing the idea of indigenous leadership. It states:
Go to the people
Live among them
Learn from them
Love them
Start with what they know
Build on what they have
But of the best leaders
When their task is done
The people will remark
We have done it ourselves
One of my favorite Bible verses is Proverbs 31: 8: "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."
Who is someone that represents your proximity to injustice? Who is an indigenous minority leader you might come around and encourage?
Scott
Hard Bargain A beautiful Place to Live.
Story Thirteen; Within My Reach
Published by SAFE HOUSE BOOKS
