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October 2026

October 14, 2026

Nothing Left for Caesar

Dorothy Day reflected that “once you give to God what belongs to God, there’s nothing...

October 13, 2026

Render Unto Caesar

Things that belong to Caesar remind us that cconomic systems are never entirely neutral. Taxation,...

September 2026

September 16, 2026

The First Shall Be Last

Justice can mean more than giving everyone an equal chance. It can mean people with...

September 15, 2026

The Last Shall Be First

The story ultimately imagines an economy organized around human need rather than human competition where...

September 09, 2026

An Old Story of Debt Cancellation

This story of debt cancellation challenges the idea that forgiveness means allowing injustice to continue....

December 2025

December 30, 2025

New Beginnings and the Word Becoming Flesh

New beginnings require responsible interpretations that take into account historical contexts and couragously reject harmful...

November 2025

November 13, 2025

One Stone Not Left Upon Another of our Growing Disparity

Similar to the 1st Century, change requires a profound shift away from a system of...

November 12, 2025

The Widening Gap: Can Equity Outpace Inequality?

The widening gap in our one-sided system grows wealth exponentially for a few, divorced from...

October 2025

October 30, 2025

Zacchaeus and the Gospel Call for Wealth Redistribution

Zacchaeus demonstrates that economic justice is central to spiritual renewal, addressing income inequality is a...

October 23, 2025

A Tax Collector, Economic Disparity and Justice

Our reading a humble tax collector embracing the call for wealth redistribution and poverty elimination,...

September 2025

September 25, 2025

While Lazarus Starves: A Gospel of Economic Injustice

The Lazarus story doesn't asks us to care about our experience in an afterlife, but...

September 24, 2025

Economic Justice and the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

Details of this story also offer a powerful message about economic justice, critiquing wealth inequality...

September 23, 2025

Justice Today or a Great Reversal Tomorrow

This story uses the then-popular belief of a great reversal coming to all in the...

September 18, 2025

Community Through Redistribution of Wealth

This was a community built through redistribution of wealth. It was about forging bonds through...

September 16, 2025

Wealth Redistribution in the Gospels

Spiritualized this story of wealth redistribution givess off the impression that something is intentionally missing.

August 2025

August 07, 2025

Bending Our World’s Moral Arc Toward Justice

That famous moral arc of justice requires deliberate and courageous efforts from those who choose...

August 06, 2025

A More Just Distribution of Wealth

This is why the poor, the hungry, the mourning are blessed: a community of just...

August 05, 2025

A World Where Everyone Has Enough

It’s a world where everyone has enough to thrive and no one is hoarding more...

July 2025

July 30, 2025

Jesus as Prophet of the Poor

And in the gospel stories, Jesus emerged in Galilee as a prophet of the poor....

July 23, 2025

A Gospel of No Interest and Debt Cancellation

If they fell on hard times, they were to be helped. No interest or profit...

April 2025

April 03, 2025

Poverty is a By-product of the System

Poverty is a by-product of the system in which we live. It is man-made and...

April 02, 2025

Mary Magdalene Was Not a Prostitute

Characterizing Mary Magdalene as a prostitute advanced the goals of disparaging women as leaders in...

April 01, 2025

Mary, Patriarchy and the War on Women in Leadership

Our story this week involving Mary was used to disparage women leaders within Christianity toward...

January 2025

January 31, 2025

Rejecting the Rage Against Justice and Equity

Today we need to pay attention to responses that answer justice movements with rage and...

January 24, 2025

A Gospel of a New Social Order

So central was this call to create a new social order that the first generation...

January 23, 2025

A Gospel of Wealth Redistribution

The poor and economic justice were one of those themes. The kind of wealth redistribution...

January 22, 2025

A Gospel for Those in Poverty

Considering how many times Luke’s gospel mentions those living in poverty, it is no wonder...

January 17, 2025

Fully Alive: Justice, Faith, Love and the Glory of God

Our reading this weeks reminds us that the goal is human beings not marginalized, oppressed,...

January 15, 2025

Turning Water into Wine: Hope, Justice, and Transformation

The image of turning water into wine reminds us of the saying in the womanist...

January 14, 2025

Water Into Wine: Interpreting Jesus’ First Miracle in John

John’s version and many of its themes are quite unique. That includes this week’s story...