Theological Insights on Climate Change and Hope - Church Context

When Jesus stood in that Nazareth synagogue and unrolled the scroll of Isaiah, He was not reading a poem. He was filing a claim. He was serving notice on every system that profits from human suffering. The Greek word Luke uses for "liberty" — aphesis — means release, the breaking open of chains. And in the Black Church tradition, we know exactly what that sounds like, because our ancestors heard that same word preached in brush arbors and felt it rattle the walls of their bondage.…