A summer like no other

If you are anything like me, then you will have been deeply inspired by this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games. Despite not being especially into sports, I found myself engrossed and emotionally involved with the efforts (and considerable achievements) of the athletes.

While the heroes of Team GB were undoubtedly hugely talented, I was struck by how ordinary many of them where - not in any pejorative sense, but rather that they seemed like normal people who you might see on the street or the supermarket; ordinary people who had taken a decision to dedicate their lives to achieve something extraordinary and had set the world ablaze as a result. This sense was redoubled by the Paralympians, who demonstrated that there are no barriers too great for those determined to make their mark on the world.

This term at Justice Matters we will be looking at ways that we can be more dedicated and deliberate in our efforts to “learn to do right, seek justice [and] defend the oppressed.” (Isaiah 1:17). Like those athletes, we are ordinary people with a radical ambition. We may never stand in a stadium before 90,000 roaring supporters (at least not that we can see), but we can each live our lives with that same purpose and passion such that we cross the finish line having changed the world for the better. Join us this term as we learn how to do that together...