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June 2023

June 01, 2023

The Sermon on the Mount, Part 3 of Obeying What Jesus Taught

What are some of these commands that Matthew’s Jesus tells us to obey? The lion...

May 2023

May 31, 2023

An Exchange, Part 2 of Obeying What Jesus Taught

Change is a two way street, an exchange. Those we meet, share with, and listen...

May 30, 2023

The Great Commission, Part 1 of Obeying What Jesus Taught

We must be honest about how this passage has been coopted by colonialism that has...

September 2022

September 15, 2022

Jesus and Another Story of Debt Cancellation (Part 3 of 3)

What I glean from this story is a call to look at my priorities within...

September 14, 2022

Jesus and Another Story of Debt Cancellation (Part 2 of 3)

It’s not about everyone having the same quantity, but everyone having the same quality. Some...

September 13, 2022

Jesus and Another Story of Debt Cancellation (Part 1 of 3)

In this context, we can begin to understand why, intrinsically, you cannot both serve this...

June 2020

June 10, 2020

COVID and the Things That Make for Peace (Part 2 of 2)

Glaude ends the interview with the call to both imagine a different world and voice...

June 08, 2020

COVID and the Things That Make for Peace (Part 1 of 2)

Will those in our future look back at us today and say, “If you, even...

May 2020

May 27, 2020

A Different Kind of Messiah (Part 2 of 2)

Our passage this week and this pandemic make me think of my working-class Appalachian friends,...

May 26, 2020

A Different Kind of Messiah (Part 1 of 2)

That’s what we need right now. That’s the kind of world I want to be...

May 22, 2020

Building the World We Want to Live In (Part 3 of 3)

It cannot be stated enough that although we are all affected by this pandemic we...

May 20, 2020

Building the World We Want to Live In (Part 2 of 3)

Blessed are the ones modeling a compassionate new world. Blessed are the ones shaping a...

May 18, 2020

Building the World We Want to Live In (Part 1 of 3)

Today, capitalism has a long history of straining its inherent contradictions to the breaking point...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

People Over Profit and Jesus’ Problematic Story Choices

Jesus’ vision is of a world where the hungry are fed, those who weep now...

March 25, 2020

Our Hope Depends on Compassion

And this is precisely why our future can be different than our present. We can...

March 23, 2020

When Economic Reversal Catches the Elite by Surprise

This wakefulness means possessing a continuing awareness of issues related to marginalized people and their...

March 13, 2020

A Community of Healing Justice

“At its source, it’s not about a lone hero who does something revolutionary on our...

March 11, 2020

The “Kingdom of God” is within You

This individualistic interpretation makes the kingdom abstract. It does not address systemic injustice, oppression, or...

March 06, 2020

When Change Feels Too Risky

Are you seeing calls for societal change threatening the status quo today? Are you seeing...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

A Just Future Begins Today

“Change can scare those benefitting from the present system no matter how unjust that system...

February 26, 2020

A Preferential Option for the Vulnerable and the Marginalized

There are two types of justice work. One seeks to give people equal access to...

February 03, 2020

Jesus’ More Unpopular Economic Teachings

"I agree with Robinson. Jesus' vision for the world was one where people took care...

November 2019

November 23, 2019

Jesus’ Call for Wealth Redistribution

Jesus’ definition of wealth as the exploitation of the poor and his call for wealth...

November 13, 2019

Complicit Christianity

If true, this calls for Christianity to wrest itself free of its historical failures, to...

July 2019

July 31, 2019

Our Communal Interdependence Versus Individualistic Independence

Let’s lean more deeply into our shared lives. Let’s find ways relevant for our world...

July 19, 2019

Taking the Challenges of Societal Change Seriously

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July 01, 2019

Privilege and Power

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May 2019

May 30, 2019

Impartial Love

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