Whose Justice? Whose Wisdom? and the cases of George Floyd and Henry Nowak

I have been chomping at the bit for a while to write another political blog and one with a twist. While as a “gospel preaching, community activist, watchman on the wall” I have tried to steer clear of politics, especially party politics, it cannot be avoided and neither should it be because of the division we are now seeing in my beloved country as it edges ever closer to civil war with those in my own Christian constituency who are deeply divided on the matter.

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Mishpat

Sometimes in my blogging I come across a subject (whether in my “political” or in my “religious” blogs) that cries out for a deeper understanding than one I possess, yet is so important and relevant to today’s situation that it is something worth discussing despite gaps in my knowledge. In this case, it is to do with a word that often crops up in the Old Testament that is also one rich in meaning.

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