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,
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