Progressive/Social Justice LensLines™

: Through the margins, it meets us gently—demands a faith that repairs harm and includes the excluded.

asks who benefits and who bleeds; God’s good news always has a direction—toward the marginalized.

names what we avoid: neutrality in injustice is still a choice—today, not someday.

If Psalm 99 threatens your “normal,” ask who your normal has been hurting—today, not someday.

: Through the margins, it meets us gently—demands a faith that repairs harm and includes the excluded.

is inconvenient on purpose—God interrupts comfort to liberate the oppressed—today, not someday.

Luke 14:25-33, love becomes public: the kingdom confronts systems that crush the vulnerable—today, not someday.

2:23-32 is inconvenient on purpose—God interrupts comfort to liberate the oppressed—today, not someday.

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

names what we avoid: neutrality in injustice is still a choice—today, not someday.

In Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, compassion isn’t optional—it’s the shape of faithful discipleship—today, not someday.

invites us to practice mercy with hands, budgets, and policies—not just feelings.

is inconvenient on purpose—God interrupts comfort to liberate the oppressed—today, not someday.

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

: Through the margins, it doesn’t flatter us—demands a faith that repairs harm and includes the excluded.

Jeremiah 31:27-34, love becomes public: the kingdom confronts systems that crush the vulnerable—today, not someday.

If Amos 7:7-17 threatens your “normal,” ask who your normal has been hurting—today, not someday.

139:1-6, 13-18 makes room for the wounded: God sees the overlooked and calls the Church to solidarity.

is inconvenient on purpose—God interrupts comfort to liberate the oppressed—today, not someday.

In Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29, compassion isn’t optional—it’s the shape of faithful discipleship—today, not someday.

: Through the margins, it doesn’t flatter us—demands a faith that repairs harm and includes the excluded.

In Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18, love becomes public: the kingdom confronts systems that crush the vulnerable.

15:1-10 names what we avoid: neutrality in injustice is still a choice—today, not someday.

13:1-8, 15-16 names what we avoid: neutrality in injustice is still a choice—today, not someday.