This week we continue our series on Richard Rohr with a look at Amos, who preached that Israel's problem wasn't a handful of corrupt individuals, but an entire system. A system built to protect wealth and power at the expense of the poor.
This asks us to sit with an uncomfortable reframe: we are not the oppressed Hebrews looking for liberation, we are the empire. It traces Amos's critique from ancient Samaria straight into modern politics, capitalism, and church culture, and lands on his closing vision of a restored, justice-filled world.
Expect a message that's less about individual salvation and more about collective responsibility — clear-eyed about what's broken, and still holding onto hope.