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Troy Jackson
A Faith-Full Labor Day Weekend
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Socrates famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. Sometimes I wonder if the Church that fails to robustly examine the life’s challenges in light of faith is a church worth having.
Let’s be honest. The Church has done a great job avoiding serious theological examination of many of the big challenges facing our society over the past several decades, including how scripture might best understand and engage Unions and the labor movement.
In the absence of rigorous reflection, perspectives in the pews have mimicked societal drift toward a less than favorable view of organized labor.
