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October 2020

October 21, 2020

The Social Location of Your Christianity Matters (Part 2 of 3)

It’s not a gospel of mercy, grace, and forgiveness that releases us from a Divine,...

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’...

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...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

Three Paths Toward Change Rejected (Part 3 of 3)

When Jesus’ followers choose complicity, he explains, “The church, then, is made an agency of...

July 29, 2020

Three Paths Toward Change Rejected (Part 2 of 3)

As Katie Cannon sternly admonishes us, “Theologians need to think seriously about the real-life consequences...

June 2020

June 03, 2020

3 Reasons Why White Christians Should Be Standing In Solidarity With Black People

Here are a few reasons why I am convinced that White Christians should be standing...

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 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 12, 2020

The Patriarchy, Justice, and Jesus’ Misunderstood Teachings on Divorce

In Spirit, Jesus' teachings on patriarchy and divorce call us to reject seeing anyone as...

January 2020

January 22, 2020

Taking Up One’s Cross and the Myth of Redemptive Suffering

When those in power choose to threaten crosses for those standing up to systemic injustice,...

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...

September 2019

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 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 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 09, 2019

Reading Jesus from the Margins

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

July 2019

July 29, 2019

Sheep Among Wolves and the Power of Community

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June 2019

June 21, 2019

Challenging Exclusion

“It’s not enough to simply offer a gospel that only offers divine forgiveness of sins....

June 19, 2019

The Plank In Our Own Eye and Social Privilege

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