Spiritual Rhythms of Life for Today

There is no reason that I can see why producers of goods and the commercial enterprises that sell them should wait until there is a public outcry that prices are completely out of line and profit margins far too great, before any action is taken to decrease the stranglehold. It’s as if we’re being fed the message, “we’ll rip you off as long as we can and if you say and do nothing, then nothing will change.” If we don’t speak up, protest, boycott, and engage in other actions against injustice where we can, money and all its entanglements will continue its almighty reign. Instead of aiming to have peace and tranquility, we should be highly disturbed and unsettled by our political and economic systems that seem to operate as if they are ends in and of themselves. They are not and if we admit this it will bring a dimension of the uncomfortable into our lives and hopes. In fact, Christians should be among the most concerned, disconcerted, and angry people on the planet. To rant against the machine will help preserve our humanity and promote a well-lived life, as we adhere to the love, mercy, and justice reinforced by the Creator and his redeeming action in the Christ, which is to be the overarching context within which politics and economics are to be done.