• Violence (including TV violence)
• Poverty: doing something about this by teaching English to the very poor to help them get out of the trap
• Don’t be afraid to seek – be little bit crazy
• Tell the stories
• Mental health problems
• Beggars
• Children suffering

 Passion for God = passion for justice

Jubilee principle – can we make it work?

                             - are we egalitarian in NZ?

Eucharist =  peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with Koolaid

                 =   loaves & fishes

Consumer treadmill we are on

If the system gives you power, we don’t want to give it up.

Solid principles of government?!

we don’t learn from history

the pain is denial – we don’t want know the reality of injustice

What is justice? What do we mean?

Feeling of helplessness – there is nothing I can do.

Crippling, can’t escape – but we do not need to make ourselves feel guilty but rather make ourselves change!

The little things do count e.g. Miss Memo “deep etiquette” – about integrity

Are there non-peaceful ways to bring justice? (e.g. Just War?)

But how we going about achieving justice is also important

What about “buying peace” – making justice attractive

Distributive or restorative justice – forgiveness needs also to have some recognition of the injustice (e.g. Truth & Reconciliation Commission in South Africa)

Why do victims of injustice often become perpetrators? (e.g. Middle East)

• because we are damaged by violence & injustice
• we need examples of justice to gives us alternative courses of action

Understanding other cultures – different forms of logic and justification