If we are to come together, we have to come as equals. Up until now, our conversation has been too light we’ve been trying to treat cancer with Tylenol.īut before our dialogue even begins, we need to ask some questions about what brought us to the conversation in the first place. We need to have conversations that acknowledge the deep hurt we are feeling, the depth of our sins, and our serious need for forgiveness. This is not just about getting a bunch of people in a room and drinking coffee together. It is time for a new conversation.īut don’t get me wrong. In a land marked by the sins of racism, sexism, and all the other –isms, where we can’t disagree without also hating one another, it is time to have some meaningful dialogue. I believe today, God is calling us to come and reason together. But in the midst of describing the wickedness of the land and the degeneration of the city, the Lord speaks these words: They are doing evil-instead of seeking justice, rebuking the oppressor, defending the orphans, and caring for the widows. The people still go to worship, making sacrifices and burnt offerings, but what good are they when the people’s hearts are hard? For the people have rejected the Lord and his commands. In the first chapter of Isaiah, the word of the Lord comes to him, describing a scene that does not look much different from our own world today: sinful people who have turned their backs on God. As I read through the Bible, I often find myself drawn to the prophets, those proclaiming the word of the Lord and calling the people of Israel back to holy and righteous and just living.
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