The Chaos Matters

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Summary

A cruel logic of disposability seems to be circling certain groupings of people in our communities. One in five of our children, mainly kids who come from households dependent on social welfare, grow up in poverty. Maori only constitute 15 per cent of our national population but make up 50 per cent of the prison population. And young people, while clearly the hope of our shared future, consistently face demonising in the media and currently have to endure a record high unemployment rate of 27.5 per cent.

Is there any hope of this changing?

In following the ancient directions of Genesis 1:1-3, I’d like to explore our real hope for change. How, from a connection with the chaos of this disposability, a new sense of community and a new people can become possible.

Something deep happens when we engage with chaos; something creative, something hopeful, even good. I invite you to consider what this loop between chaos, disposability and re-creation might mean for your own context.