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TIKKUN OLAM: Christ Incognito

TIKKUN OLAM: Christ Incognito

When we mature, God moves from being merely an object of our affection to becoming present in the world around us. Every human becomes an icon for the hidden face of Christ in our midst. The first stage of spiritual awakening is to see God as the focus of our adoration as we encounter Christ’s love and forgiveness. However, those initial feelings and zeal can wane. Rather than thinking we are taking a backwards step in our faith, we might recognize the invitation from God to allow God to move from being an object of worship to permeating the world around us, most profoundly seeing Christ in the face of our fellow humans. God becomes the lens through which we see the world - when Christ embodies himself in “the least of these” he is inviting us to seek out new revelation of himself in those who need our help.

TIKKUN OLAM: Just & Unjust

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TIKKUN OLAM: Just & Unjust

God is not limited to only working through Christians to bring justice upon the world. We can bless wherever we see God’s justice coming to the earth, and we can speak up when we see unjust practices perpetrated by human institutions. Part of our struggle is that we are so entrenched in politics because it’s the new religion - it gives us a sense of belonging, meaning, and a concrete worldview. Even as American Christians we can see “justice” through a partisan lens that may become a blindspot to advocating for human dignity. Part of the work of salvation is, as we are found more and more “in Christ”, we are able to see what is going in the world about us and critique political claims that run contrary to God’s will.

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