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March 2025

March 13, 2025

Will We Have the Courage of Jesus in This Political Moment?

In the face of so many who are being hurt right now, may we, too,...

March 12, 2025

Why Herod Feared Jesus: Power, Protest, and Prophecy

All of this causes me to consider those courageously standing up against brutal acts being...

March 11, 2025

Herod the Fox and Saying No to Those in Power

Standing up to power and saying, "No," was central to the Hebrew, prophetic, justice tradition...

July 2024

July 19, 2024

Jesus Following and Social Justice, Part 3

Loving others means being concerned with what materially affects them. Not being concerned with matters of...

July 18, 2024

Jesus Following and Social Justice, Part 2

In these stories, we don't encounter a focus on going to heaven when we die,...

July 17, 2024

Jesus Following and Social Justice, Part 1

This solidly characterizes both traditions as standing in the long Hebrew prophetic tradition of social...

March 2022

March 10, 2022

Jesus as Political (Part 3 of 3)

Death is not conquered with more death, even just one more death. Death is conquered...

March 09, 2022

Jesus as Political (Part 2 of 3)

Within this context, any systemic evil or injustice that becomes almost automated within a family,...

March 03, 2022

Jesus as Political (Part 1 of 3)

This phrase immediately triggers me and my more scientific modern worldview and I’d guess it...

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