Unbearable Pain, Startling Hope – by Jennifer Henry

Unbearable Pain, Startling Hope: 40 years of Bold Witness to Ecumenical Social Justice – by Jennifer Henry

January 27, 2014 by Jennifer Henry

KAIROS Canada Executive Director Jennifer Henry reflects on ’40 Years of Bold Witness’ framing her thoughts with four characteristics of the “‘natural habitat’ of prophetic voices” outlined by Walter Brueggemann in “The Prophetic Imagination.” It is well worth a read for Jennifer’s strong knowledge of history and inspirational passion for justice.

One of Jennifer’s comments is:

“As an ecumenical social justice movement, we are to be a people of a “long and available memory,” (Brueggemann, xvi) recalling not just the last forty years but the faith based movements that preceded our own–anti-slavery, social gospel, civil rights, the first wave of feminism—each inspiring and foundational.  We must reach back even further to movements of the early church, the Jesus movement, and the Exodus movement of the Israelite people.  Our scriptures are a rich repository of memory, movement narratives, stories of graceful trouble makers, divine radicals, who sought to witness to their faith in words and acts of justice.”

Read the whole reflection at:

http://www.kairoscanada.org/who-we-are/jennifer-henrys-blog/?utm_source=Kairos+Times&utm_campaign=de8022e91c-Kairos_Times_February_20142_11_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8ba241f29d-de8022e91c-88902073

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