For Further Reflection
Confession requires an understanding of the world in which we live. The devotional this week offered a few hyperlinks to better understand the context, which we are invited to dream like Mary. Below are some additional reflection questions to guide your prayer and action through this Advent journey.
The Magnificat
Listen to the links to Mary’s song. Replay the song that catches your attention.
What does this piece tell you about God’s character?
How does this piece invite you to dream like Mary?
Racial Middle
Read Mari Matusuda’s We Will Not Be Used.
How have you seen the impact of the connections between race and class?
How have you experienced being in the racial middle? How do you need God to hold these parts of your story with tenderness and compassion?
Being a part of the racial middle offers the illusion of access and assimilation to the American Dream or the opportunity to practice God’s economy through solidarity and mutuality. How is the Spirit inviting you to a confession of joy like Mary?
The Market for “Wellness”
Read the article about wellness as an American epidemic.
What was surprising from this article? What resonated with you?
How have you experienced and participated in this epidemic? How do you understand this in connection to your faith journey?
How do you sense the Spirit’s invitation to God’s economy and wellness?
HMart and Asian Grocery Stores: Comfort at the Expense of Others?
When you think of your local Asian grocery story, what do you see? What do you smell? What do you feel? What memories come to mind?
Read the two articles linked. Pay attention to your feelings and thoughts as you read these articles.
What surprised you from these articles? What was unsurprising?
While we are not equipped to stop multibillion-dollar enterprises on our own, we can practice confession in our posture and daily rhythms. How can you live into Mary’s dream of God’s economy in your grocery shopping practices?
How might you continue growing in awareness or join collective efforts to practice God’s economy with others in your community?
For Further Reflection
Confession requires an understanding of the world in which we live. The devotional this week offered a few hyperlinks to better understand the context, which we are invited to dream like Mary. Below are some additional reflection questions to guide your prayer and action through this Advent journey.
The Magnificat
Listen to the links to Mary’s song. Replay the song that catches your attention.
What does this piece tell you about God’s character?
How does this piece invite you to dream like Mary?
Racial Middle
Read Mari Matusuda’s We Will Not Be Used.
How have you seen the impact of the connections between race and class?
How have you experienced being in the racial middle? How do you need God to hold these parts of your story with tenderness and compassion?
Being a part of the racial middle offers the illusion of access and assimilation to the American Dream or the opportunity to practice God’s economy through solidarity and mutuality. How is the Spirit inviting you to a confession of joy like Mary?
The Market for “Wellness”
Read the article about wellness as an American epidemic.
What was surprising from this article? What resonated with you?
How have you experienced and participated in this epidemic? How do you understand this in connection to your faith journey?
How do you sense the Spirit’s invitation to God’s economy and wellness?
HMart and Asian Grocery Stores: Comfort at the Expense of Others?
When you think of your local Asian grocery story, what do you see? What do you smell? What do you feel? What memories come to mind?
Read the two articles linked. Pay attention to your feelings and thoughts as you read these articles.
What surprised you from these articles? What was unsurprising?
While we are not equipped to stop multibillion-dollar enterprises on our own, we can practice confession in our posture and daily rhythms. How can you live into Mary’s dream of God’s economy in your grocery shopping practices?
How might you continue growing in awareness or join collective efforts to practice God’s economy with others in your community?