My #FirstNations Version: An #Indigenous Translation of the #NewTestament arrived yesterday! Although I haven’t read much (mostly today’s #Gospel which is Luke 16:19-31), I am finding it enlightening. The differences are mostly subtle (with the exception of names, which will take me a minute to get used to) however, I find they open up the text in new ways.

In keeping with my discipline of #MorningPrayer with #ADisciplesPrayerBook the verse that stands out to me today is verse 31 where Abraham points out that if people don’t believe Moses or the prophets, they won’t “listen even to one who comes back from the dead.” This is so true in our modern age, especially when it comes to #generosity & #mercy We don’t listen or hear #Jesus call to love all people, including those who do not look or think like us. We pay more attention to our personal comfort than the comfort of the sick, the poor, the incarcerated, the lonely, the aged, the young, or the stranger. We ignore Jesus.