Progressive/Social Justice LensLines™

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jeremiah 18:1-11 threatens your “normal,” ask who your normal has been hurting—today, not someday.

12:49-56 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.

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

If Acts 2:1-31 threatens your “normal,” ask who your normal has been hurting—today, not someday.

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

In Psalm 52, compassion isn’t optional—it’s the shape of faithful discipleship—today, not someday.

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

makes room for the wounded: God sees the overlooked and calls the Church to solidarity.

66:1-12 invites us to practice mercy with hands, budgets, and policies—not just feelings—today, not someday.

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

In Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, compassion isn’t optional—it’s the shape of faithful discipleship—today, not someday.