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2025-02-06T18:22:54-04:00

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Fishing For People

Last updated on: February 6, 2025 at 6:22 pm   By Herb Montgomery

Fishing never works out well for the fish! Using it metaphorically as fishing for people instead doesn’t fix that. Read more

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2025-01-31T11:06:31-04:00

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Rejecting the Rage Against Justice and Equity

Last updated on: January 31, 2025 at 11:06 am   By Herb Montgomery

Today we need to pay attention to responses that answer justice movements with rage and responses that define these movements as good news. Read more

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2025-01-31T11:06:24-04:00

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A Modern Example of Uncomfortable History

Last updated on: January 31, 2025 at 11:06 am   By Herb Montgomery

In our story this week, merely referring to a community’s history evokes a response of immediate, vitriolic, and even murderous rage.  Read more

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2025-01-30T20:42:35-04:00

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The Discomfort of Our History

Last updated on: January 30, 2025 at 8:42 pm   By Herb Montgomery

Our reading this week offers us an openness to addressing the parts of our own history that we may find uncomfortable. Read more

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2025-01-24T10:47:43-04:00

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A Gospel of a New Social Order

Last updated on: January 24, 2025 at 10:47 am   By Herb Montgomery

So central was this call to create a new social order that the first generation was purported to have eliminated poverty altogether. Read more

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2025-01-24T10:45:36-04:00

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A Gospel of Wealth Redistribution

Last updated on: January 24, 2025 at 10:45 am   By Herb Montgomery

The poor and economic justice were one of those themes. The kind of wealth redistribution our reading calls for actually makes sense. Read more

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2025-01-23T13:29:22-04:00

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A Gospel for Those in Poverty

Last updated on: January 23, 2025 at 1:29 pm   By Herb Montgomery

Considering how many times Luke’s gospel mentions those living in poverty, it is no wonder that many consider Luke to be the gospel of economic justice. Read more

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2025-01-19T11:51:46-04:00

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

Last updated on: January 19, 2025 at 11:51 am   By Herb Montgomery

Our reading this weeks reminds us that the goal is human beings not marginalized, oppressed, or subjugated, but able to be fully alive. Read more

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Water Into Wine

2025-01-17T10:54:08-04:00

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Turning Water into Wine: Hope, Justice, and Transformation

Last updated on: January 17, 2025 at 10:54 am   By Herb Montgomery

The image of turning water into wine reminds us of the saying in the womanist tradition of making a way out of no way. Read more

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2025-01-15T12:47:17-04:00

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Water Into Wine: Interpreting Jesus’ First Miracle in John

Last updated on: January 15, 2025 at 12:47 pm   By Herb Montgomery

John’s version and many of its themes are quite unique. That includes this week’s story of turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana. Read more

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