
[God] brings justice to the orphan and the widowed,
and befriends the foreigner among you with food and clothing.
In the same way, you too must love the foreigner,
for you were once foreigners yourselves in the land of Egypt.
~ Deuteronomy 10:18-19
It really is that simple. And hard and complicated. God gave this vision to the ancient Hebrews of a society organized around the most vulnerable people. How can we live into this vision in our neighbourhoods today?