Necessary Disorder

This week we take our fifth step along the path of the prophetic tradition. Richard Rohr suggests that the work of the prophet often includes creating a holy disorder to disrupt a dominant unjust order. So, as we travel along the path of the prophetic tradition, the goal is to dis-order and disrupt things just enough that a new just and merciful order can emerge. As Rohr suggests: Reforms rarely move directly from the existing order to a new order automatically or by a single positive insight. The old order has to somehow show its disorder, its shadow self, its injustices, its wrongness. Then there must be a period of disorder, a fertile time of searching before a new order can be found. The rule must reveal some exceptions to the rule before any reordering will be sought, trusted, or allowed—and even then, all things human will still reveal themselves as incomplete (p. 45). Pastor Greg’s message, Necessary Disorder, will hold the scripture in conversation with the lives and legacies of the Hebrew prophet Moses and the contemporary prophet Fannie Lou Hamer. Both are examples of prophetic endurance, courageously creating a holy disorder in response to the unjust systems of their time, disrupting the status quo for the sake of a liberating justice. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804