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November 2024

November 27, 2024

A Passage of Liberation

Our reading takes this image and looks forward to future liberation and restoration for a...

November 26, 2024

Advent of Us, Part 1

That ancient passage was intended to offer a vision for the advent of liberation, to...

November 21, 2024

Give Us Barabbas

So much is here in the Barabbas story for us to painfully unpack and explore....

November 20, 2024

What is Truth?

It’s one thing to have differing political and economic views about what we as a...

November 19, 2024

In Our World But Not of Our World

In the wake of recent events, I sincerely wish Christians were less involved in our...

November 14, 2024

The Hope that Injustice is Unsustainable

To be clear, our present challenges will be significant. And yet, we don’t have to...

November 13, 2024

Navigating Trauma and Deep Loss in Mark 13

We must not underestimate the trauma and loss that this community was enduring and trying...

November 12, 2024

The Beginning of Birth Pains, Part 1

This is not the end. There is still hope. This, painful as it may be,...

November 07, 2024

The Widow’s Mites of Mark 12

Like the widow's mites, does our religious practice cause harm or bring healing, life, renewal,...

November 06, 2024

Teachers of the Law in Mark 12

“Devoted to God” meant devoted to the State, and it didn’t trickle down to the...

November 05, 2024

When Faith Does Societal Harm, Part 1

Our reading this week contains one of the most misunderstood stories in Mark’s gospel. The...

October 2024

October 31, 2024

Loving One’s Neighbor and Voting

This Tuesday, love your neighbor by getting out there and voting for love and justice....

October 30, 2024

Loving God is Loving One’s Neighbor

In this life, the closest we will ever get to loving God is how we...

October 29, 2024

Love and Social Justice

So closely is love connected to justice that it impossible to claim you even have...

October 24, 2024

Bartimaeus and Christians of Privilege, Part 3

Proximity doesn’t guarantee change. But it does provide the opportunity for change, through crossing lines...

October 23, 2024

Bartimaeus and Christians of Privilege, Part 2

I can’t help but see a critique of Christian nationalism in the contrast between James,...

October 22, 2024

Bartimaeus and Christians of Privilege, Part 1

The Bartimaeus story has social, political, and economic dimensions that are rarely touched on in...

October 17, 2024

Participation Not Substitution, Part 3

Standing up for love and justice sometimes involves drinking the same cup and baptism. In...

October 16, 2024

Participation Not Substitution, Part 2

In Mark, these stories aren't about a Jesus doing things for or instead of his...

October 15, 2024

Participation Not Substitution, Part 1

Elements that Christianity has typically viewed through the lens of substitution, Mark's gospel frames in...

October 10, 2024

God and Money, Part 3

No one can serve two masters. You will hate the one and love the other....

October 09, 2024

God and Money, Part 2

The human dilemma in regards to most everything including money is, in large part, that...

October 08, 2024

God and Money, Part 1

This week’s reading gets to the heart of one of the central teachings of the...

October 03, 2024

Divorce Just Ain’t What It Used To Be, Part 3

Justice and that which was life-giving were the concerns in our reading. That which is...

October 02, 2024

Divorce Just Ain’t What It Used To Be, Part 2

The culture wherein these ancient divorce laws were written was predominantly heterosexist and deeply patriarchal.

October 01, 2024

Divorce Just Ain’t What It Used To Be, Part 1

These laws written about divorce were not written with the same cultural practices and assumptions...

September 2024

September 26, 2024

Inclusivity and Taking Care of the Vulnerable, Part 3

We are called to affect and transform our world into a safe, compassionate, just home...

September 25, 2024

Inclusivity and Taking Care of the Vulnerable, Part 2

A central theme of our reading this week is what Liberation Theologians call a preferential...

September 24, 2024

Inclusivity and Taking Care of the Vulnerable, Part 1

Love, inclusivity, justice doesn’t need everyone to be the same in every detail. Inclusivity is...

September 20, 2024

Servants of the Most Vulnerable, Part 3

Or are we flipping this script and using this teachings on being servants in ways...