
The Waterfall of Justice
Read: Amos 5:21-24 Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (v. 24 NRSV) Years ago I paddled some whitewater rivers in the southeast. As part

Read: Amos 5:21-24 Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (v. 24 NRSV) Years ago I paddled some whitewater rivers in the southeast. As part

Read: Ezekiel 47:1-12 Water was flowing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east. (v. 1 NRSV) It rained and thundered and lightninged for almost ten hours. The

Read: Psalm 1 They are like trees planted by streams of water. (v. 3 NRSV) I was watering my new trees earlier today. A couple weeks ago I planted two

Read: Deuteronomy 8:1-10 A land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up. (v. 7 NRSV) Some years ago I took a group of college students hiking in

Read: Genesis 2:4-14 A river flows out of Eden to water the garden. (v. 10 NRSV) The Bible begins and ends with rivers and trees. Have you noticed? The Bible

Read: Genesis 1:9-13 And the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. (v. 10 NRSV) We live on what some call “The

Read: Romans 12:14-21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (v. 21) There is a great debate in legal and philosophical circles about the nature of justice.

Read: Obadiah 15-21 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on

Read: Obadiah 1-9 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, “Who