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November 2019

November 13, 2019

Complicit Christianity

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

November 11, 2019

Stop Drinking The Kool-Aid

"For those at the top of an exploitative social pyramid who are privileged, advantaged, and...

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 30, 2019

The Worth of Those on the Margins

And remember to stop to consider how valuable you are. In a world that may...

October 28, 2019

Jesus’ Gehenna in the Context of Social Justice

We are to oppose injustice and resist oppression. Let’s do it together in a way...

October 25, 2019

When Truth Comes To Light, It Doesn’t Do So On Its Own

It is in our “speaking in the light” what we have “heard in the dark”...

October 23, 2019

This Generation Will Be Held Responsible For It All

What would it mean in our context today to hear Jesus saying those same words...

October 14, 2019

It’s Easier to Build Monuments

It is easier to build monuments than to work toward the kind of world these...

October 11, 2019

A Primer on Self-Affirming Nonviolence (Part 10)

Jesus’ form of nonviolence was an act of self-affirmation in a society where one’s self...

October 09, 2019

Prioritizing Justice and Compassion for the Marginalized

This means that my actions toward others are my faith. They don’t just reflect it. That...

October 07, 2019

How We See Others

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

October 02, 2019

Speaking Your Truth

In the name of taking actions that advance compassion, love and justice in our world,...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

The Wrong Messiah

"Today, Evangelical Christianity has lost its witness, and it is no longer credible in matters...

September 25, 2019

A Warning for Our Present Moment

Our passage above is a warning for times like right now. It is a warning...

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...

September 11, 2019

Looting the Strong Man

These conversations often remind me of our deep need to differentiate between self-defense on the...

September 02, 2019

Inciting Fear to Halt Change

It is one thing to be deceived and mistake something evil for something good. It...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

A Primer on Self-Affirming Nonviolence (Part 5)

"We must be much more scandalized by the institutional violence that leads to violent rebellion...

August 28, 2019

Overcoming Fear of Following Jesus’ Social Gospel

We must allow the context of this saying to confront us, to inspire us to...

August 21, 2019

Beatitude for Those Who Perceive God in the Othered

But all of this drives home the point. This reformulation is the result of what...

August 19, 2019

Listening to Those on the Margins and the Gendering of God

We can listen to the most vulnerable. We can hear from their experiences whether or...

August 14, 2019

Things Only Seen by Those on the Margins

It doesn’t matter the reason for subjugation or marginalization in domination systems. It’s not the...

August 12, 2019

Responses of Passive Apathy

Change doesn’t have to come through such violent upheaval. It could start today. Here. Now....

August 09, 2019

Reading Jesus from the Margins

For many, only when they discover for themselves the Jesus in the story from the...

August 07, 2019

Responding to Rejection

I can’t help but notice that history is cyclical. We in our society today may...

August 05, 2019

Jesus and Marginalized Communities

The Jesus we meet in the Jesus story resonated with the marginalized and oppressed of...

July 2019

July 31, 2019

Our Communal Interdependence Versus Individualistic Independence

Let’s lean more deeply into our shared lives. Let’s find ways relevant for our world...