From Rizpah to Rittenhouse: We Are More or Less the Same ... and the Fighter Still Remains

“Just as we have moved from enslavement to mass incarceration, we have moved from crucifixion to lynching to extrajudicial executions by police and vigilante enforcement of white supremacy. After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same. After changes, we are more or less the same. The court told us what we already knew. The world is not safe if you have black or brown skin. Expect no police officer to spare you. Expect no court to protect you. This is state-sponsored and state-sanctioned terrorism.  It has an ancient history. They used it against Armoni, Meshibosheph and Jesus and they are using it today. It’s been three thousand years since Rizpah kept her lonely vigil on that hill and bent a king to her will. Her body has long since gone down to the dust … and yet she is the mother of movements and she calls to us still.” Sermon by Mike Kinman from worship at 11:30 a.m. on Reign of Divine Love Sunday, November 21, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: II Kings 24:8, 11-17 and Matthew 27: 11-14, 27-37. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Read the text of the sermon. Follow All Saints Church on Twitter @ASCpas. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AllSaintsPasadena/. Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at https://allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate-now/.