Subversive Undercroft

We may not be culpable for the systemic evil that surrounds us, but we are too often complicit.

Amos 8:4-7 

Hear this, you that trample on the needy,

saying, "When will the new moon be over

and the sabbath,

We will make the ephah small and the shekel great,

buying the poor for silver

The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:

Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

When the Saints Go Marching In, NOLA Brass Band

Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones, Yello Cello Music

Come My Way, My Truth,  My Life, Blackfriar Music

It's our most recent episode and we're talking about how Jesus teaches us to see the people and not the systems they're mired in; that we might be agents of good and light.

Luke 13:10-17

Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, "Woman, you are set free from your ailment." When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day." But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?" When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing.

The King of Love My Shepherd Is, IKON

Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra

What Wondrous Love is This, Sounds Like Reign