Within the last few weeks, both Haiti and Chile have experienced major earthquakes, and various "judgment theologies" have been offered for these natural occurrences that became tragedies. "Judgment theology" is all too familiar and recognizable; it sounds something like: "God sent the earthquake because some of the Haitian people practice voodoo" or "Chile had an earthquake because some of the citizens are drug users" or "God sent that devastating disease to get her attention."
This Sunday, our worship service will engage and reevaluate the death-dealing way of judgment theology and invite us to turn toward a life-giving way of joining God and each other in the work of healing and wholeness.
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