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December 2020

December 16, 2020

The Concrete Liberation Narratives of Advent (Part 5)

Originally, Jewish liberation movements used phrases like this. But we must leave these phrases in...

December 14, 2020

The Concrete Liberation Narratives of Advent (Part 4)

Including the Magi in his story about had both international political and religious implications. And Matthew’s...

December 11, 2020

The Concrete Liberation Narratives of Advent (Part 3)

This year, as many of us are facing our own harsh realities, there may have...

December 09, 2020

The Concrete Liberation Narratives of Advent (Part 2)

If we are to rediscover the original subversive power of the birth narratives of Jesus...

December 08, 2020

The Concrete Liberation Narratives of Advent (Part 1)

If we are going to wrest these two narratives from centuries of purely religious and...

December 04, 2020

Transforming Communities Built on Exclusion (Part 3 of 3)

Mark’s Jesus narrative offers a Jesus who has come not to destroy us or who...

December 02, 2020

Transforming Communities Built on Exclusion (Part 2 of 3)

Because the story seeks the root causes of why people are marginalized, there is no...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

Transforming Communities Built on Exclusion (Part 1 of 3)

One possible interpretation of these stories is to understand them as drawing attention to those...

November 20, 2020

No More Sacrifice (Part 3 of 3)

These narratives speak of a God who, rather than demanding someone’s sacrifice, stands in solidarity...

November 18, 2020

No More Sacrifice (Part 2 of 3)

Both narratives of sacrifice and narratives of anti-sacrifice are found in the sacred texts, and...

November 16, 2020

No More Sacrifice (Part 1 of 3)

The unity that comes through sacrificing a common enemy is temporary and must be continually...

November 13, 2020

Taking Sides: Reclaiming our Humanity (Part 3 of 3)

To change systemic oppression, every time, we must stand in solidarity with the oppressed, demanding...

November 11, 2020

Taking Sides: Reclaiming our Humanity (Part 2 of 3)

In the stories, Jesus was seeking to help both sides reclaim their humanity and that...

November 10, 2020

Taking Sides: Reclaiming our Humanity (Part 1 of 3)

Oppression dehumanizes everyone involved. By dehumanizing another, we lose our own humanity, and when we...

November 06, 2020

A Community of the Rejected (Part 3 of 3)

And another iteration of our present world is possible where people who are different are...

November 05, 2020

A Community of the Rejected (Part 2 of 3)

If you’ve been rejected by others, your voice is centered in God’s just future. Those...

November 04, 2020

A Community of the Rejected (Part 1 of 3)

Rejection was a familiar theme for the early followers of Jesus. How can we reclaim...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

An Unjust Judge (Part 3 of 3)

That’s why I don’t interpret this story to be solely about prayer. That would leave...

October 28, 2020

An Unjust Judge (Part 2 of 3)

That’s what this widow did. She made the life of the magistrate uncomfortable until he...

October 27, 2020

An Unjust Judge (Part 1 of 3)

This widow was pleading for equity, what today could be called social justice, and justice...

October 23, 2020

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

Collective choices create change. None of us can change the world all by ourselves, but...

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 20, 2020

The Social Location of Your Christianity Matters (Part 1 of 3)

In the story, it was the elite and privileged who felt this disgust and loathing....

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 25, 2020

Jesus and Law and Order (Part 3 of 3)

Beware when you see those in power using law and order rhetoric used to maintain...