DAY 49: Reforming Our Criminal Justice System

We continue our reflection on God’s call to us through the ELCA’s “60-Day Journey Toward Justice in a Culture of Gun Violence.”

DAY 49: Reforming Our Criminal Justice System

It’s nearly impossible to make progress in reducing gun violence or addressing its systemic causes without examining, discussing, and advocating for reform of our criminal justice system. Our church has a growing wealth of resources and help for understanding, talking about, and getting involved in criminal justice reform. Here are a few places to begin:
• ELCA social statement The Church and Criminal Justice: Hearing the Cries
• ELCA Resources and Documents; search “criminal justice”
• ELCA Advocacy
• ELCA Racial Justice Ministries
Living Lutheran; search for articles related to “criminal justice” and “prison ministry”
• Journal of Lutheran Ethics archive of stories related to criminal justice