{"id":8137,"date":"2018-09-19T15:59:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T20:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=8137"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:00:51","slug":"headlines-and-prophets-a-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2018\/09\/19\/headlines-and-prophets-a-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Headlines and prophets: a conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"

McDonald’s workers go on strike over sexual harassment\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

“Yes, I’m on my \u00a0way to visit you with Judgement.<\/p>\n

I’ll press compelling evidence against sorcerers, adulterers, liars,<\/p>\n

those who exploit workers,<\/p>\n

those who take advantage of widows and orphans,<\/p>\n

those who are inhospitable to the homeless —<\/p>\n

anyone and everyone who doesn’t honor me.”<\/p>\n

In North Carolina, it’s the poorest who bear\u00a0the brunt of flooding<\/i><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

“They’ll see that you take care of the poor,<\/p>\n

that you take care of poor people in trouble,<\/p>\n

provide a warm, dry place in bad weather,<\/p>\n

provide a cool place when it’s hot.”<\/p>\n

U.S. slashes the number of refugees it will allow into the country<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

“Attend to matters of justice.<\/p>\n

Set things right between people.<\/p>\n

Rescue victims from their exploiters.<\/p>\n

Don’t take advantage of the homeless,<\/p>\n

the orphans, the widows.<\/p>\n

Stop the murdering!”<\/p>\n

Violence displaces over 30,000 in northwest Syria this month: UN<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

“He’ll settle things fairly between nations.<\/p>\n

He’ll make things right between many peoples.<\/p>\n

They’ll turn their swords into shovels,<\/p>\n

their spears into hoes.<\/p>\n

No more will nation fight nation;<\/p>\n

they won’t play war anymore.”<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Unsplash photo by Rod Long<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Scripture passages are from\u00a0The Message<\/i> translation in order of appearance: Malachi\u00a03:5<\/a>, Isaiah 25:3,<\/a>Jeremiah 22:3<\/a>,\u00a0Isaiah 2:5<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McDonald’s workers go on strike over sexual harassment\u00a0 “Yes, I’m on my \u00a0way to visit you with Judgement. I’ll press compelling evidence against sorcerers, adulterers, liars, those who exploit workers, those who take advantage of widows and orphans, those who are inhospitable to the homeless — anyone and everyone who doesn’t honor me.” In North...","protected":false},"author":4071079,"featured_media":25383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6469729,115341],"tags":[10051,1304,30748,247012,246646,4547,4363,27291,103,226249,1861871,114694,25731],"series":[698756626],"class_list":["post-8137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-activism","category-equity-and-justice-equity-and-justice","tag-bible","tag-current-events","tag-disaster","tag-floods","tag-harassment","tag-headlines","tag-immigration","tag-injustice","tag-news","tag-oppression","tag-poetry-2","tag-refugees","tag-scripture","series-messy-jesus-business"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/photo-1504052434569-70ad5836ab65.avif","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/feed\/podcast\/messy-jesus-business","embedCode":"

Headlines and prophets: a conversation<\/a><\/blockquote>