Reflection and Action
What resonated with you from this week’s devotional? Which aspects resonate with your community’s story? What was new or provoked curiosity?
How does the reminder of Mary’s story as a “a young woman from a rural region of a colonized nation” change your understanding of her song? What does that show you about who God is?
What are key experiences in your life that illustrate your experience of race and class? How does this intersect with the understanding of God in this passage?
Neoliberalism offers certain people access to goods and services at the expense of others. How does your comfort and safety come at the expense of others’ suffering? How might you dream with Mary to participate in God’s economy?
As you consider the examples of alternative economies, how might you begin practicing an alternative economy in your local communities? How might you practice this economy this Advent season?
Reflection and Action
What resonated with you from this week’s devotional? Which aspects resonate with your community’s story? What was new or provoked curiosity?
How does the reminder of Mary’s story as a “a young woman from a rural region of a colonized nation” change your understanding of her song? What does that show you about who God is?
What are key experiences in your life that illustrate your experience of race and class? How does this intersect with the understanding of God in this passage?
Neoliberalism offers certain people access to goods and services at the expense of others. How does your comfort and safety come at the expense of others’ suffering? How might you dream with Mary to participate in God’s economy?
As you consider the examples of alternative economies, how might you begin practicing an alternative economy in your local communities? How might you practice this economy this Advent season?