Pursuing God's Justice, Enacting God's kingdom
This week, we’re highlighting the interconnectivity between adoption and human trafficking. Unfortunately, the anti-trafficking field can overlook this connection, and many children are being trafficked into the adoption system. VJN member Kristina Gentner offers her review of The Child Catchers, a book that she has …
VJN has invited Elizabeth Lawton, a member of the Society of Vineyard Scholars, to enrich our conversation by offering her insights on the relationship between leisure, worship, and pursuing God’s justice. Elizabeth is a graduate student in moral theology and Christian Ethics at the University …
In gearing up for our VJN workshop and Meet-Up at tne Vineyard National Conference next week, I’ve been reading Toxic Charity by Robert Lupton this morning. He candidly unpacks the detrimental effects of responding to chronic needs as if it were a crisis. Result? Reading …
photo by Christian AlsEncountering the interconnectivity of human trafficking, poverty and the environment can help us see where we might join the Father in pursuing the Justice of the Kingdom. Experts in migration crises from countries like Haiti to the U.S. typically look at “triggers” …
Check out the work of Trade Justice Mission and their journey into connecting the dots between human trafficking in Southeast Asia and Africa, systemic poverty, and dignifying entrepreneurship. Trade Justice Mission is a non-profit organization responding to God’s call to break the chains of poverty …