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2025-11-28T09:54:38-04:00

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The Liberation at the Heart of Advent

Last updated on: November 28, 2025 at 9:54 am By Herb Montgomery

Advent calls us to participate in the beginning of a whole new world where injustice gives way to loving one’s neighbor. Read more

General Christian

Politics and Religion

2025-11-28T09:55:46-04:00

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Advent as Ritual Reminder

Last updated on: November 28, 2025 at 9:55 am By Herb Montgomery

Advent reminds us that if we don’t share the social location of the marginalized, we’re called to live in year-round solidarity with them. Read more

General Christian

Politics and Religion

2025-11-26T12:43:27-04:00

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Advent and Reclaiming Our Humanity

Last updated on: November 26, 2025 at 12:43 pm By Herb Montgomery

This Advent passage concerns transitioning away from a world imagined as a predatory beast to one where our humanity has been reclaimed. Read more

General Christian

Politics and Religion

2025-11-20T09:55:28-04:00

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Resurrection and Justice Work Today

Last updated on: November 20, 2025 at 9:55 am By Herb Montgomery

Death, even just one more death, doesn't overcome death. Only life nonviolently triumphs over violence and injustice. Read more

General Christian

Politics and Religion

Liberation Theology

Myth of Redemptive Suffering

Substitutionary Atonement

2025-11-20T09:55:19-04:00

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Crucifixion: A Historical Alternative to Substitution

Last updated on: November 20, 2025 at 9:55 am By Herb Montgomery

Crucifixion was reserved enemies of the state or those who threatened imperial order, not ordinary lawbreakers. Read more

General Christian

Politics and Religion

Liberation Theology

Myth of Redemptive Suffering

Substitutionary Atonement

2025-11-19T11:21:24-04:00

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Calvary as Political Execution

Last updated on: November 19, 2025 at 11:21 am By Herb Montgomery

Political execution pivots us from a transaction in cosmic accounting far away to our own confrontation with systemic injustice here and now. Read more

General Christian

Politics and Religion

Substitutionary Atonement

2025-11-13T11:52:47-04:00

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One Stone Not Left Upon Another of our Growing Disparity

Last updated on: November 13, 2025 at 11:52 am By Herb Montgomery

Similar to the 1st Century, change requires a profound shift away from a system of growing disparity toward collective flourishing. Read more

General Christian

Politics and Religion

Economic Justice

Environmental Justice

2025-11-13T11:52:49-04:00

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The Widening Gap: Can Equity Outpace Inequality?

Last updated on: November 13, 2025 at 11:52 am By Herb Montgomery

The widening gap in our one-sided system grows wealth exponentially for a few, divorced from real economic welfare for the wider population. Read more

General Christian

Politics and Religion

2025-11-12T10:23:06-04:00

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The Unsustainability of Injustice

Last updated on: November 12, 2025 at 10:23 am By Herb Montgomery

The unsustanability of their economic system had reached a breaking point where the masses could not be squeezed any further. Read more

General Christian

Politics and Religion

Environmental Justice

2025-11-06T11:50:56-04:00

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Afterlife Obsession and Justice Work Today

Last updated on: November 6, 2025 at 11:50 am By Herb Montgomery

A belief in an afterlife shouldn't overshadow the work of shaping our world into a safe, compassionate, just home for everyone today. Read more

General Christian

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