Jeremy Del Rio - Activism

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God took on flesh and moved into the neighborhood

challenge in Isaiah to perceive the new thing God is doing

"young people are closer to God's heart than anyone else" - defends this by quoting the "become like little children" verse

we've bought the lie that young people are the future. there is some truth in that, b/c children do have A future; but God trusts 13 year old david, a teenage virgin to birth and mother Jesus, a teenage esther is a "beauty contest winner" who helps save her people.

re-frames the story of Jesus into that of a teen who as an immigrant moves into a community...develops the whole story.
**my thoughts - interesting way to push me into how i can engage story, something we've been thinking through. why not write the story ourselves for our community? re-create, re-member the jesus story**

Luke 10 - v. 25, expert in the Law stood up to test Jesus. begins w/ a question - what must one do to inherit eternal life? Jesus doesn't respond w/a "sinner's prayer;" he returns the question: what does the Law say, and the lawyer says we must love god w/ heart soul mind and self, and love neighbor; Jesus says he is correct and do this; but he adds a twist, and says to love your neighbor as yourself. lawyer asks, who then is my neighbor (looking to justify himself); Jesus replies with - you guessed it - a STORY: the good Samaritan story.

"justice is more than compassion" - compassion would have been to give the guy a glass of water and leave him there; justice is the Samaritan picking up the guy, caring for his wounds, putting him on his ride, and prepaying his medical bills.

end of Isaiah 61: "I the Lord love justice"

justice is about righting wrongs; you give your life to right the wrong.