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Getting Our Priorities Straight
Published: 11/20/2009
BY BISHOP W. EARL BLEDSOE
North Texas Conference
Leslie and I attended the Justice Revival sponsored by Sojourners at the Dallas Market Hall this past week. The speakers and emphasis were excellent.
I was most impressed by the witness of an eleven (11) year old boy by the name of Dalton Sherman, a student in DISD who with passion and commitment reminded us of the need to believe in him being able to reach his God-given potential in life.
The final night focused on the call for justice and mercy as shared by Rev. Jim Wallis, one of the leading figures in religion and politics in America today.
Saturday was a “Day of Action,” when United Methodists joined Christian brothers and sisters to volunteer in ten projects addressing the needs of five low-income neighborhoods throughout Dallas. For more information on how to be involved in ongoing collaborations, visit website:www.justicerevival.org.
(There will be full coverage of the revival, along with photos, in the Nov. 27 edition of the North Texas Conference Reporter.)
My prayer and hope is that each of our churches will find a way to reach out and do justice and mercy in our respective mission fi elds. This is not a command, it is a word of encouragement and affirmation to the many congregations that I have personally visited and witnessed doing this very thing. Sometimes, we need to be reminded that we are not alone in this effort to be the transformation that God calls us to become in the world in which we live.