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The Golden Rule as a Catalyst for Social Change........

Worship Services - How do we reproduce "A Golden Rule" Society? Part 2 - Living Out D Golden Rule - Living Out the Golden Rule in the CommunityAs we continue our journey through the series "How R U going to manage Injustice in The Golden Age with The Golden Rule?" this week’s message offered a timely and challenging word for our collective reflection.We examined how the Golden Rule—“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”—is not merely a personal ethic but a communal standard that calls us to disrupt injustice with intentional love and moral courage. In a world that increasingly normalizes inequity and silence, Christ reminds us that justice is enacted through how we see, serve, and stand for one another.Through the lens of faith, we were reminded that this "Golden Age" is not defined by ease or prosperity but by the urgency of righteousness, mercy, and relational accountability. The question remains: How will we choose to respond to systems of harm while holding fast to God’s command to love?May this message stir us into deeper commitment—not just to reflection, but to action.Living Out the Golden Rule in the CommunityThis week’s sermon will continue to challenge us to embody the Golden Rule in tangible ways within our community. It emphasized that living out this principle requires us to actively seek justice, extend compassion, and build relationships rooted in mutual respect and understanding.We are reminded that the Golden Rule is not just a passive, Dr. Feelgood, metaphorical guideline but a dynamic call to action. It asks us to confront inequities, advocate for God's definition of marginalized, and create spaces where everyone can thrive. By living out the Golden Rule, we become agents of change, reflecting God’s love and justice in our daily interactions.Scripture Reference:Micah 6:8 - "He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."Justice-Centered Applications:Advocate for policies that promote equality and fairness in your local community.Build relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds to foster mutual understanding and respect.Speak out against injustice and support initiatives that aim to dismantle systemic inequities.Let us carry this message into our lives, striving to be a community that uplifts, supports, and transforms through the power of the Golden Rule.

How are you going to manage all the injustices in the era of The Golden Age, where everyone is supposed to be prosperous, peaceful, and culturally advanced? This era is supposed to be defined by justice and peace. Does the term "The Golden Age" remain metaphoric, allegorical, or is it going to be literal or real? Is this the "Drain The Swamp" make you feel good, yet it feels swampier? Everywhere you look, there is a swamp creature...... Everything sounds good and even looks good on paper, however, We The People are feeling the frustration of the same game with a different name.... In other words, we as a country are going to continue this synonym game where there are two or more words that produce the same language and there is no change... You are going to continue to fool yourself that you are Dr. Feelgood, who in reality may be the "worst"... Well, if we had to guess @ USCOG, it is another meme, metaphorical statement, catch-22, allegorical, figurative statement to get your hopes up in areas that should be consecrated.This is what we will discuss along with the Golden Rule and its nonapplication in a society that is unjust. That is what is wrong with the USA: it always uses superior terms but delivers substandard behavior and actions. For example, Child Protection Services (CPS) has a long overreaching arm that destroys the Nuclear Family, especially the Black and Brown. Surveillant Assemblage or linked systems come to an intimate, interpersonal level by monitoring systems with Mandated Reporters, Initial CPS screeners, Social Workers, Field Investigators, Family Court Judges, Guardian At Litem (GAL), Foster Care, Researchers, Policymakers, District Attorneys, and Social Workers who may be contributing to the racial disparities and disproportionalities in outcomes based on ethnicity. This problem is advanced in the title of Surveillance and Care intersect, which exacerbates social stratification. These Street-level bureaucrats construct systemic problems as personal failures, which opens a possibility of responses. This paradox of poverty governance consists of macro-level historical links and micro-level mechanisms that create this expansive surveillance (Fong, K.,2020). This massive experiment of greed is wreaking havoc on real people with real families and real lives, who are the most vulnerable and unsuspecting of this gargantuan of corruption. This Surveillant Assemblage or linked systems reaches over in every aspect of our lives, criminal justice system, housing, healthcare, education, and medical, and then all these things are turned political. Men and Women, this is how you get your systemic or institutional racism that never goes away.Despite a variety of reforms, CPS is detrimental to a child’s well-being, physical, emotional, and mental. CPS is disproportionately targeting and policing Black families due to a need from the racist power system that finds it necessary to remain relevant in this society (Roberts, 2022). The scholarly community should know the experiences of white and black families concerning Child Protection Services (CPS) investigations with Initial CPS screeners, Field Investigators, Judges, Guardian at litem, and Social Workers who may be contributing to the disparities and inequalities in outcomes based on ethnicity.In Addition, Dettlaff et.al., 2020 examined the history and consequences of racial disproportionality and disparities, why they exist, and why, after decades of attempts to reform the CPS, it is time to acknowledge that reforms cannot right a significant wrong. Next, the unproductive dialogue and response to racial disproportionality and disparities. At this time, the upend movement began with acknowledging that reforms are no longer sufficient and seeks to end the current CPS as we know it and reimagine new, anti-racist means of keeping children, families, and communities together. Racism is so deeply rooted in CPS history, policies, and practices that it cannot be modified or revised. Forced family separation has its roots in the dehumanizing system of slavery.CPS and its funding need to be abolished, and the funding needs to be transferred to the communities, the families and children reside in, with a real mantra of “Protecting Families and Children.” Abolition is a goal that requires actively dismantling of racist policies and practices and in their place, creating and implementing anti-racists policies and practices that promotehealing and reducing harm.We have "real people" problems that need to be solved by "real people" who understand the architectural meaning of this.......... ReferencesDettlaff, A. J., & Boyd, R. (2020). Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System: Why Do They Exist, and What Can Be Done to Address Them?The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 692(1),253-274. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716220980329Dettlaff, A. J., Weber, K., Pendleton, M., Boyd, R., Bettencourt, B., & Burton, L.(2020). It is not a broken system, it is a system that needs to be broken: the upEND movement to abolish the child welfare system. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 14(5), 500–517. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2020.1814542Dettlaff, A. J., Weber, K., Pendleton, M., Boyd, R., Bettencourt, B., & Burton, L. (2020). It is not a broken system, it is a system that needs to be broken: the upEND movement to abolish the child welfare system. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 14(5), 500–517. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2020.1814542Dettlaff, A. J., & Boyd, R. (2020). Racial disproportionality and disparities in the child welfare system: Why do they exist, and what can be done to address them? Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 692(1), 253–274. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716220980329Fong, K. (2020). Getting Eyes in the Home: Child Protective Services Investigations and State Surveillance of Family Life. American Sociological Review, 85(4), 610-638. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122420938460Roberts, D. (2022). Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare Systems Destroy Black Families- and How abolition can build a safer world. Basic Books: New York.