Rev. Adam Taylor joins Jen and Patrick for a wide-ranging conversation about peace, justice, and the prophetic vision of Isaiah 58. He shares how his own faith journey, shaped by interracial family roots, the civil rights movement, and Black church tradition, led him to Sojourners and to a deep conviction that peace is more than the absence of conflict.The episode explores why justice and peace are inseparable, how Isaiah 58 challenges transactional religion, and what it means to become a “repairer of the breach” in both public life and personal discipleship.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:54 - Peace defined as wholeness and right relationship
05:20 - The Jim Wallis course that led to Sojourners
08:59 - Why peace and justice belong together
10:06 - Biblical justice language: mishpat and tsedek
13:13 - Isaiah 58 in context: exile and true fasting
17:18 - Why injustice is structural, not just interpersonal
24:15 - Moving beyond zero-sum thinking
31:53 - Wages, land, labor, and other biblical justice issues
35:32 - Pastoral advice for people resistant to justice language
43:07 - How unjust systems advantage some and trap others
49:57 - “Repairers of the breach” and the call to peacemaking
52:48 - Breath prayer: “Be still and know that I am God”
For full show notes and transcript, visit https://proclaimpeace.org
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