Faith: An Active, Palpable Agent

I was drawn to the power of the African American religious tradition to spur social change. . . . Out of necessity, the black church rarely had the luxury of separating individual salvation from collective salvation. It had to serve as the center of the community’s political, economic, and social as well as spiritual life; it understood in an intimate way the biblical call to feed the hungry and clothe the naked and challenge powers and principalities. In the history of these struggles, I was able to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death; rather, it was an active, palpable agent in the world. ~Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope, time.com, 10/15/06, via Randy Williams

“Works without faith” and “faith without works” are dead, a la Paul and James. ~jpc

Grace is our source of palpability. Namaste.

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