Without printing the weekly church bulletins many around us would not be connected to the church.
We post them electronically but also bring them to people who have no internet service. In fact, we are using now more bulletins than before the pandemic.
I get the point of 'wasting paper' and I'm all onboard with that. Still, when you live somewhere like we do a person needs to be perhaps a bit more inventive.
Dan, I appreciate your article. Equality and justice. We come across living these words and living them out daily. In having lived now on the Navajo Nation (reservation.....this word in and of itself smacks of 'injustice') we experience injustice coming our way as non-Native people. We've addressed the issue of equality but it is not easy for people to live this when they've been dealt way too often in terms of you worth just a little less than other people in the U.S. At this time of year we see various businesses helping people filing their taxes and then propose making a generous loan to them with very generous fees that go into the pockets of such businesses. So we speak up about that and encourage the congregation to speak up about such matters to their 'brothers and sisters' by tribe and clan. To be dealt with on equal terms then is to treat everyone the same, regardless of skin color and social background. Just like you pointed out in your article. Justice. As Scripture points out, "righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne' (Ps. 89) which is characterized by a steadfast love, faithfulness, and righteousness. Perhaps when we try to clothe ourselves with these attributes of God can we begin to live out, no matter where we live our lives in Christ, with equality and justice for all.
Great advise. I've done so since the start of the COVID pandemic when we on the Navajo Nation were locked down and locked in. For a year not able to worship in the church building but stopped the homes of many of the congregation on a weekly basis dropping of the weekly bulletin and copy of the message. Still doing it though not with as much 'volume.' When I ask people if they like me to keep stopping by when i can the answer has always been in the affirmative with the exception of one. Not only visiting those who have been a visible part of the congregation but added a number of families, and still do, who remain 'invisible' to the church....in other words, they do not attend but appreciate someone who cares.
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Without printing the weekly church bulletins many around us would not be connected to the church.
We post them electronically but also bring them to people who have no internet service. In fact, we are using now more bulletins than before the pandemic.
I get the point of 'wasting paper' and I'm all onboard with that. Still, when you live somewhere like we do a person needs to be perhaps a bit more inventive.
Success in being completely paperless.
John Greydanus
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Dan, I appreciate your article. Equality and justice. We come across living these words and living them out daily. In having lived now on the Navajo Nation (reservation.....this word in and of itself smacks of 'injustice') we experience injustice coming our way as non-Native people. We've addressed the issue of equality but it is not easy for people to live this when they've been dealt way too often in terms of you worth just a little less than other people in the U.S. At this time of year we see various businesses helping people filing their taxes and then propose making a generous loan to them with very generous fees that go into the pockets of such businesses. So we speak up about that and encourage the congregation to speak up about such matters to their 'brothers and sisters' by tribe and clan. To be dealt with on equal terms then is to treat everyone the same, regardless of skin color and social background. Just like you pointed out in your article. Justice. As Scripture points out, "righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne' (Ps. 89) which is characterized by a steadfast love, faithfulness, and righteousness. Perhaps when we try to clothe ourselves with these attributes of God can we begin to live out, no matter where we live our lives in Christ, with equality and justice for all.
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Great advise. I've done so since the start of the COVID pandemic when we on the Navajo Nation were locked down and locked in. For a year not able to worship in the church building but stopped the homes of many of the congregation on a weekly basis dropping of the weekly bulletin and copy of the message. Still doing it though not with as much 'volume.' When I ask people if they like me to keep stopping by when i can the answer has always been in the affirmative with the exception of one. Not only visiting those who have been a visible part of the congregation but added a number of families, and still do, who remain 'invisible' to the church....in other words, they do not attend but appreciate someone who cares.