Don and Bridget were introduced in church this morning. They showed a brief clip of their ministry, invited people to come this afternoon, and then Don mentioned that Christians are commanded to stand up for the oppressed and to stand against injustice. Not only was it the first time that our church has mentioned minor sex trafficking in front of the entire body, it was also the first time that I have heard anyone give such a very blunt call for justice.
We talk about God's justice, and our role in that, of course, but never quite in the way that it was stated this morning.
*At the risk of sounding like a Bible thumper* The combination must have ticked off some unseen visitors, because my more sensitive fourth and fifth graders – the ones who can't sit still or focus when they feel the spiritual unrest that means a God thing is coming – were on edge all morning. They weren't quite sure what, but they knew that something was happening. (Had it been just those ones, I might have addressed the issue, but I figured the rest of the parents might not have appreciated a seemingly unsolicited discussion of trafficking with their nine, ten, and eleven-year-olds.)
Next week, though, we might be starting up an ongoing discussion on spiritual gifts.
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