Dave Buerstetta on striving to do justice and love others while walking humbly with God
“Jesus said, ‘The Spirit of the Lord is on me… He sent me to liberate those held down by oppression.’” – Luke 4:18 Now is the time, the time is now...We need to get the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) passed through Congress and signed into law. This week, it’s back to anti-trafficking work. …
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Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. – Isaiah 1:17 It’s been a little while since I’ve written about human trafficking, so I think it’s time to correct that. You won’t often find them on the front page, but mainstream media stories about human trafficking (which …
Summer is winding down, school begins soon for many and the weather is (finally!) outstanding, beautiful and inspiring. If you’re like me, that means your tolerance for reading some long missive from me is basically nil. Yet, the call to incarnate the love of God as experienced in the birth, life, death and resurrection of …
Saturday, May 14 is the United Methodist Church’s second annual Change the World Day, how will you participate? Not every detail is chiseled in stone yet, but here’s how the church at which I serve, Woodridge UMC, will join the effort and be counted: Free T-shirts! Yep, that’s right, all Change the World participants will …
Welcome to my version of that blog post staple, the weekly recap/links roundup/info dump. My intent is to highlight stuff I came across this week (or, you know, at least fairly recently) that I found well-written or inspiring or bizarre or...well, or perhaps stuff so good I wish I’d written it myself. I suspect blogging …
“Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.” Isaiah 1:17 “During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we rededicate ourselves to preventing and ending human trafficking, and we recognize all who continue to fight this serious human rights violation,” declared President Obama as he proclaimed January …
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According to the author of the Gospel of Luke, Jesus began his public ministry with a reading from Isaiah, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me to bring good news to the poor…to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free…” Then Jesus declared …
Governor Pat Quinn signed the Illinois Safe Child Act into law yesterday! This is a huge victory in the fight against human trafficking and marks a significant, game-changing switch in the official attitude toward minors caught in the sex industry. Minors found in the sex trade will no longer be treated as criminals but will …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 