I am using this text in Deuteronomy to talk about reparations. In studying the text, I understand that it does not fit perfectly; the language is sexist and slaves in Israel were usually working off an acquired debt. When in time that debt was satisfied, the slave was released back into society, to resume life. The scripture reads, “you shall not send [them] out empty-handed.”
The NW Washington Synod's Racial Equity and Reparations Fund recently made its first round of distributions…
