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July 2026

July 01, 2026

The Rest Jesus Offers Isn’t Just Personal

The rest mentioned here is not a lift simply from individual anxiety but the weight...

June 2026

June 30, 2026

Society as Children in a Market

Our metaphor this week of children in a market offers a powerful critique of a...

June 24, 2026

Justice Implications of a Cup of Cold Water

A cup of cold does not speak of grand, public displays of generosity, but of...

June 23, 2026

A Welcoming Posture Toward Justice

These words challenge us to consider our posture toward those who pursue justice, and advocate...

June 18, 2026

Not Peace But a Sword

In this context, the “sword” is not physical violence but recognition that the pursuit of...

June 17, 2026

Speaking Truth About Injustice

Our reading this week challenges communities today to speak truth about injustice even when doing...

June 16, 2026

When Advocates for Justice are Characterized as Dangerous

Advocates for justice are frequently portrayed as dangerous, disruptive, unpatriotic, or even evil. This should...

June 11, 2026

Justice Work is Communal

Our reading this week emphasizes that justice work is communal. Societal change does not require...

June 10, 2026

When Compassion Leads to Action

Justice requires action, not mere sympathy. It involves confronting harm wherever it appears. Compassion without...

June 09, 2026

Sheep without a Shepherd and the Politics of Compassion

This compassion is deeply political, in the best sense of the word. This story identifies...

June 04, 2026

Practicing a Preferential Option

Juxtaposing these two stories together was intended to teach the practice of a preferential option...

June 03, 2026

Prioritizing Those on the Edges

This story challenges religious and social systems that push people to the edges in the...

June 02, 2026

More Than Private Spiritual Salvation

This story offers more than mere private spiritual salvation, interrupting social boundaries that defined worth,...

May 2026

May 28, 2026

The Great Commission and Postcolonialism

In the context of postcolonialism, a world where all humans find around them a safe,...

May 27, 2026

Room for Skeptics

Our story does not rebuke or exclude the doubters. It does not wait for perfect...

May 26, 2026

Both Great Commissions

Together, these two commissions reveal complementary truths of both moving beyond boundaries while practicing continuity.

May 21, 2026

Pentecost and Justice

In the end, our Pentecost story reveals that the Spirit of God is not confined...

May 20, 2026

Diversity Embraced Not Erased

This reflects a radical embrace of our human diversity rather than an attempt to homogenize...

May 19, 2026

A Lesson On Diversity

This week's reading offers a powerful vision of diversity rooted in inclusion, shared humanity, and...

May 14, 2026

The Complimentary and Competing Endings of Luke and Matthew

This version in Luke offers a different yet complimentary understanding of how the narratives grew...

May 13, 2026

When Repentance Becomes Societal Rather than Personal

In this context, repentance is measurable not by private or personal confession, but by transformed...

May 12, 2026

Luke’s Ascension Story and Our Justice Work Today

Luke’s ascension narrative demonstrates a common interpretive technique used during the contemporary time of the...

May 07, 2026

Encountering the Divine in Working for Justice

As people engaged in justice work are grounded in love, we come to experience a...

May 06, 2026

Spirit Advocate and Social Injustice

An advocate is most needed where there is injustice; where voices are silenced, where systems...

May 05, 2026

Love Expressed in Actions Related to Justice

Love here is not abstract, but an expression of relational justice confronting harmful systems in...

April 2026

April 30, 2026

Justice Lessons from the Gospel of John

In the gospel of John, belief is tied to actions of tangible, concrete healing, restoration,...

April 30, 2026

A Path of Justice

The path is more than a set of steps. It is relational, embodied, and lived....

April 28, 2026

A Vision of Radical Belonging

In a world structured by exclusion, where systems determine who is in and out, this...

April 23, 2026

A Shift In Imagery From Shepherd to Crucified

As Christianity became intertwined with empire, the cross became reframed while the Good Shepherd imagery...

April 22, 2026

Gated Grace: When Protection Becomes Exclusion

A gate can a safeguard against forces that exploit, harm, and dehumanize and gates can...