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Scholars, climate activists, and preachers discuss the weekly lectionary texts through a creation justice lens.
"Lions, Lambs, and a Moral Economy" (Isaiah 11:1-10)
The Green Lectionary Podcast
57 minutes
1 month ago
"Lions, Lambs, and a Moral Economy" (Isaiah 11:1-10)
In this episode we are joined by Cr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda.
Check out the first two books of the "Building a Moral Economy" series and the online toolkits that accompany the series at https://www.buildingamoraleconomy.org/.
1. How have you read Isaiah 11 in the past? Have you ever considered where creation is in the text, or how it is acting?
2. Cynthia and Derrick see the earth in verse 9 of Isaiah 11 as both a library and a teacher of God's wisdom. Have you ever considered the earth as a library of wisdom? As a teacher? If so, what have you learned? If not, how do you intend to approach the earth's cache of wisdom?
3.. Cynthia mentions that her western audiences can usually identify the injustice of our current economic system, but usually feel there is nothing to be done about it. What do you think of your nation's economy? What can you observe about your local economy?
4.. Isaiah Chapter 11, introduces a radical image in which Lion and Lamb cease to be predator and prey, and become bosom buddies. How does this image stretch your imagination regarding what is possible? What ways can you imagine your economy, global, naotional, or local,
The Green Lectionary Podcast
Scholars, climate activists, and preachers discuss the weekly lectionary texts through a creation justice lens.