On Second Saturday Conversation March 8, 2025, we had a special guest Robin Meyers. The title of his conversation with us: Excuse Me? Interrupting on Behalf of Justice. Robin addressed us and our situation in these disturbing times with a thoughtful and engaging blend of pastoral, prophetic and scholarly insight and wisdom. This session is timely and poignant. I urge you to watch it. And share it. We could not have a better and clearer strong, kind and compassionate voice to issue a call to us to “interrupt on behalf of the unconditionality of justice.” I share a description of Robin’s talk below. But that is no substitute for experiencing him as we did on Second Saturday Conversation March 8, 2025.
I also urge you to read Robin’s books. Marcus did. Robin’s books provide an in-depth and accessible primer for understanding progressive Christianity. They are must reads. And certainly for those of us who find resonance with titles such as Saving Jesus from the Church and Saving God from Religion. Robin is not a cultured despiser. He is “a friend and lover of God” as were the prophets.
Enjoy this session. Share it. We were privileged to have Robin with us. And it was my honor and privilege to share our Second Saturday community with him.
(And in this season of Lent in the Christian year I suggest rather than giving something up we take something on.)
Excuse me? Interrupting on Behalf of Justice
One of the principal roles of prophetic rhetoric is to interrupt on behalf of the unconditionality of justice. There are times when we can wait out what is happening around us and times when – because we are running out of time – we must interrupt. Jesus was a cosmic interruption. Prophets interrupt with their impatient urgency. Ordinary people can also interrupt, with their bodies, as well as with their words, by refusing to be in compliance with what the Bible calls “the principalities and the powers.” We are living in a moment when the good, the true, and the just are being disassembled right before our eyes. Can I get an “excuse me?”
Robin Meyers is a UCC pastor, Distinguished Professor of Social Justice, best selling author, and a fellow of the Westar Institute (home of the Jesus Seminar).