Something to think about...

We are in the house group I go to looking at Amos, and started from looking at how the people of Israel were adhering to the religious rituals, were failing to please God in the way they were acting in their day to day life. God's message to them is 'Go Away' as the injustice and oppresion of the poor are making the Israelites offerings of tithes and worship displeasing to Him.
MWe moved onto thinking about this issue in our settings, and didn't get very far, as we considered the challenge that just being diligent in our work (turning up on time, putting in the effort required) is not really getting to grips with God's call to fight injustice and to help those in need. It does not set us apart from other diligent people in the work place either. We considered the impact that Christians had upon matters of social justice in Britain 100 or so years ago, such as abolition of the slave trade, the introduction of universal education and others.
What we couldn't get to grips with was what this might actually mean for us as individuals in our varying contexts and to some extent as a church.
I'd be interested in hearing comments on this,

"Get on the f***ing path, you d***."

Not my words, but that of a passenger in a car as it passed me on a hill in the early hours of this morning. I was approaching a junction at the top of a hill on my bike on the way back from work. I wasn't going that fast as you might expect, but at that time of night I'm not going to delay people that much, as with less traffic it's easier to overtake.
I hate this attitude that cycles belong on the pavement, and as far as my memory of the Highway Code and road law is concerned, cycles aren't supposed to use pavements unless designated as a cycle lane, whether segregated or shared use. I consider that as a confident adult cyclist with a suitable bike (and lights etc.) you are safer on the road than on the pavements as you can see more and be seen easier because of your road position, less risk of coming across pedestrians, and in theory level surfaces. Also it gives a major advantage in terms of journey speed, as you don't have to slow down and give way at every side road, or slow for pedestrians or people coming out of houses and so on.