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October 2020

October 16, 2020

A Cautionary Tale for Society (Part 3 of 3)

Seeing the man set free from his internalized oppression, the society around him refuses to...

October 14, 2020

A Cautionary Tale for Society (Part 2 of 3)

Society finds unity in agreeing on who they choose to be against. Victims of this...

October 13, 2020

A Cautionary Tale for Society (Part 1 of 3)

This is a gospel story of societal oppression leading a person to believe their oppressors’...

October 09, 2020

A Non-Normative Jesus (Part 3 of 3)

The work of justice requires paying attention to how difference is used to justify oppression.

October 07, 2020

A Non-Normative Jesus (Part 2 of 3)

In Matthew and the other gospels, Jesus stands in the prophetic lineage of Isaiah, calling...

October 05, 2020

A Non-Normative Jesus (Part 1 of 3)

This is a statement where Jesus stands with the more inclusive, progressive Jewish community interpreting...

September 2020

September 18, 2020

What a Just Future Requires (Part 3 of 3)

Although everyone was invited to the event in the parable of Matthew 22, the event...

August 2020

August 07, 2020

The Social Truth of Resurrection (Part 3 of 3)

Life can also conquer death today if we will choose it. Our political, economic, and...

August 05, 2020

The Social Truth of Resurrection (Part 2 of 3)

The resurrection is not a scientific declaration of a person coming back to life. It’s...

August 03, 2020

The Social Truth of Resurrection (Part 1 of 3)

I don’t believe that triumph is automatic. We have to choose life and life-giving ways...

April 2020

April 08, 2020

New Wine in Old Wineskins (Part 2 of 6)

He did not ignore destructive passages or interpretations but met the elites’ use of these...

April 02, 2020

A Society Where Everyone has a Seat at the Table

Our challenge is to shape a society that reflects a set of values that shape...

March 2020

March 23, 2020

When Economic Reversal Catches the Elite by Surprise

This wakefulness means possessing a continuing awareness of issues related to marginalized people and their...

March 04, 2020

When Our Differences Threaten to Make Our Justice Work Fragmented

Ignorance is inevitable: our experiences are not all the same. But division is optional. Each...

February 2020

February 17, 2020

When Preaching A Message of “Love” Doesn’t Lead To Justice

Our experiences determine not only the questions we ask but also the answers we get...

February 14, 2020

Zacchaeus and Christian Support of Destructive Administrations

“What is needed for empowered, privileged Christians who support a corrupt administration today to follow...

February 07, 2020

Exclusion and the Refusal of the Older Brother

If you believe God loves someone, justice for them isn’t far behind. Love for those...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

Trump, White Christianity and the Parable of Insipid Salt

I’m not sure what Christianity’s future is. But I do believe that, to the best...

January 20, 2020

Being Rejected By Family

"I don’t believe that this suffering is good and I don’t believe that we must...

January 13, 2020

When Pride Isn’t “Sinful” But About Equality

"If a person is already being shamed and humiliated, they are already experiencing humiliation from...

December 2019

December 23, 2019

Being Left Out of a World Shaped by Inclusion

“In the new world that we are shaping, if any are left in “outer darkness,”...

December 11, 2019

LGBTQ Affirmation and the Parable of the Mustard Seed

Reparative therapy, however, is an attempt to weed out a certain type of person—an LGBTQ...

December 02, 2019

Stand Up Anyway

I don’t believe that we must pass through fire and sword to get to a...

November 2019

November 13, 2019

Complicit Christianity

If true, this calls for Christianity to wrest itself free of its historical failures, to...

November 08, 2019

Biblical Inclusion Versus Biblical Exclusion

“What is our relation, as followers of Jesus, to the marginalized of our day? To...

November 06, 2019

Learning to Speak Out

The subject of politics is the discussion of how power is distributed and who gets...

October 2019

October 07, 2019

How We See Others

When we choose to neglect this basic step in how we are seeing others, it...

September 2019

September 23, 2019

Worshiping Jesus Versus Following Jesus

It is far easier to talk about Jesus than the things Jesus talked about. Why?...

September 18, 2019

Oppressors Who Once Needed Liberation Themselves

"In very general terms, this is a saying that warns about reality after liberation becoming...

September 16, 2019

When Social Justice is Labelled as Evil

"The work of ending the suffering for so many is being labeled as dangerous and...