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Hidden Figures: God's Plans Include the Marginalized - Progressive (Jeremiah 29:11)

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Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson were brilliant mathematicians marginalized by race and gender. Yet their gifts were essential to NASA's success. God's plans included them—even when human systems excluded them. Progressive theology reads Jeremiah 29:11 noting its context: God's plans for Israel included justice, return from exile, and restoration of community. God's "welfare" (shalom) is communal flourishing, not just individual success. The future God plans includes the marginalized at the center. Hidden figures become revealed heroes in God's economy.

Topics & Themes

marginalizedshalomcommunal flourishinginclusionjustice

Scripture References

Jeremiah 29:11

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