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Episode 4 - Movements, Communities, Suffering, and God
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This is your host, Benjamin Reese.
This talk came on the other side of the national news of the killing of George Floyd who suffocated under the knee of a Minnesota police officer. Prior to recording the episode, Gregg mentioned Luke 13 as a text to explore a biblical response to the subsequent tensions of the event but noted the need to set it up and give it context. It’s a passage that we explore in several episodes that follow.
In this episode, we talk about the way that movements and communities are formed through shared experiences of suffering. And I was interested to find that Gregg put Israel in that category. I think it will be important to keep in mind that when Gregg discusses the many lessons we can derive from Israel’s history during the Exodus, these lessons -- both the positive and negative lessons -- can be fruitfully applied to movements today that seek Justice. My own knowledge of Israel's history in Egypt and the subsequent Exodus and wilderness-wanderings was helpful in drawing these parallels, and listeners might want to consult Exodus 1-34 if they want to become familiar with the Biblical narratives Gregg will draw upon.
Again, this podcast was recorded over zoom, and you will hear the artifacts, throughout the recording.
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