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September 2022

September 01, 2022

Rejection For Doing What Is Right (Part 3 of 3)

Our reading this week encourages us to recognize ahead of time that we may face...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

Rejection For Doing What Is Right (Part 2 of 3)

There is another way to interpret this week’s passage: to prioritize working for a safe,...

August 30, 2022

Rejection For Doing What Is Right (Part 1 of 3)

If your religion causes you to feel like you must reject your lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

June 2021

June 17, 2021

Peace, Be Still (Part 3 of 3)

We don’t need a peace that is only a passive lull in our struggle for...

June 16, 2021

Peace, Be Still (Part 2 of 3)

Superiority, supremacy, exceptionalism, and/or a “chosen” status’ have only proved to divide us within the...

June 15, 2021

Peace, Be Still (Part 1 of 3)

Up until this point, Jesus was an exorcist or healer in stories that subtly call...

June 11, 2021

Misclassifying As Weeds (Part 3 of 3)

I have a hunch that some translators may be trying to avoid the misogyny in...

June 10, 2021

Misclassifying As Weeds (Part 2 of 3)

Similarly, the call to affirm, embrace, and include LGBTQ Christians in the church is not...

June 09, 2021

Misclassifying As Weeds (Part 1 of 3)

This week’s reading is asking us to check our assumptions about what we have classified...

December 2020

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...

December 2019

December 23, 2019

Being Left Out of a World Shaped by Inclusion

“In the new world that we are shaping, if any are left in “outer darkness,”...

July 2019

July 19, 2019

Taking the Challenges of Societal Change Seriously

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April 2019

April 30, 2019

Calling Good Evil (Part 3 of 5)

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April 30, 2019

Calling Good Evil (Part 2 of 5)

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April 30, 2019

Calling Good Evil (Part 1 of 5)

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