Neighbours
  • Home with us
  • News with us
  • Blog with us
  • Donate
  • Partner with us
    • Partner with us
  • Connect with us
  • Neighbours Music
  • Why?

Blog with us

All members of the Neighbours community share their experiences here 

Are we hearing the cries?

3/2/2020

0 Comments

 
“ Vox Victimarum vox dei:  The cries of the victims are the voice of God.  To the extent that these cries are not heard above the din of our political, cultural, economic, social and ecclesial celebrations or bickering, we have already begun a descent into hell” 
​(Bosch quoting Lamb)

What a profound statement!  If we are not hearing the cries of the poor, perhaps we are not fully hearing the voice of God. Linked to this, if presence with the poor is presence with God then absence from the poor is also absence from God.  Separation from God is the essence of hell.  Perhaps a primary reason we have so many hells on earth is exactly because we have created homes, communities, cities and nations without the presence and guidance of God found in the voice of the marginalised.

The invitation has always been to lean into the voices of pain in both our history and the current reality shaped by that history. We have needed to listen deeply to the context for the invitation revealed in the wound in order to engage in the work of God in the world of brokenness.

It has followed then that an important question to ask was: “where is there pain?” Perhaps if we could find the pain and hear its cry, we could hear the whispering invitation of God to be involved in its salve.

The reality is that for many churches in the suburbs they have not heard the cries of the vulnerable among them. In South Africa’s unequal society, the rich and poor grow up alongside one another and the marginalised and vulnerable remain unseen.

A new question emerging is:
- How do we help the church in the suburbs see and hear the cries of the oppressed among them?

​Lets then pray this prayer together 

Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    October 2020
    September 2020
    June 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    October 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    August 2015
    February 2015
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    March 2012
    June 1976

    quick links

    All
    Colonialism
    Death Penalty
    Dignity
    Employee Responsibilities
    Employment Rights
    Empower
    Equality
    Exclusion
    Funny
    Greed
    Inclusion
    Inequality
    Justice
    Living Wage
    Love
    News
    Power
    Racism
    Reflections
    Support
    Video
    Workers

    RSS Feed

Home

About

Events

Blog

Partner with us

© COPYRIGHT 2017. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Home with us
  • News with us
  • Blog with us
  • Donate
  • Partner with us
    • Partner with us
  • Connect with us
  • Neighbours Music
  • Why?