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April 2026

April 16, 2026

Emmaus and Rekindled Hope

Encounters that rekindle hope don't lead us from justice work; they send us back into...

April 15, 2026

Emmaus and the Sacred Work of Listening

Action is essential. Yet, listening is itself a form of sacred work. The stranger does...

April 14, 2026

What Emmaus Teaches About Hope, Disappointment and Justice

Emmaus echos the grief familiar to many in justice work today who face the loss...

November 2024

November 28, 2024

We Are The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For

I know what is coming won’t be easy. But this Advent, I’m holding on to...

November 27, 2024

A Passage of Liberation

Our reading takes this image and looks forward to future liberation and restoration for a...

November 26, 2024

Advent of Us, Part 1

That ancient passage was intended to offer a vision for the advent of liberation, to...

November 21, 2024

Give Us Barabbas

So much is here in the Barabbas story for us to painfully unpack and explore....

November 20, 2024

What is Truth?

It’s one thing to have differing political and economic views about what we as a...

November 19, 2024

In Our World But Not of Our World

In the wake of recent events, I sincerely wish Christians were less involved in our...

November 14, 2024

The Hope that Injustice is Unsustainable

To be clear, our present challenges will be significant. And yet, we don’t have to...

June 2024

June 13, 2024

Hope Despite Appearances, Part 3

We don’t have to understand how seeds work to plant seeds, we don’t have to...

June 12, 2024

Hope Despite Appearances, Part 2

This hope is strikingly focused on changing our world, not escaping it; a just and...

June 11, 2024

Hope Despite Appearances, Part 1

This imagery describes a world where everyone has enough to thrive and feels safe. It...

January 2024

January 11, 2024

Jacob’s Ladder, Part 3

Where do we still long for justice? Jacob's ladder reminds us that change is still...

November 2023

November 30, 2023

Advent and the Refusal to Lose Hope, Part 3

That hope is grounded in the reality that we can face those challenges together in...

November 29, 2023

Advent and the Refusal to Lose Hope, Part 2

Advent would've been a hard sell to say God’s just future had come. They could...

November 28, 2023

Advent and the Refusal to Lose Hope, Part 1

The word advent means arrival. In the gospels we hear both the announcement that hope...

August 2023

August 24, 2023

Messiahs, Part 3 of Injustice, Oppression, and Violence Being Put Right

Today, however, it is much more life giving to speak of correcting injustices without using...

August 23, 2023

Justice, Part 2 of Injustice, Oppression, and Violence Being Put Right

This title referred much more to someone who would establish justice on Earth, ending oppression...

August 22, 2023

Here on Earth, Injustice, Oppression, and Violence Being Put Right Part 1

The great hope was the setting right of all injustice, the putting right of all...

November 2022

November 25, 2022

The Beginning of Advent (Part 3 of 3)

I understand why a reversal would have resonated with the original audience of our passage,...

November 23, 2022

The Beginning of Advent (Part 2 of 3)

Herb Montgomery, director of Renewed Heart Ministries, is an author and adult religious re-educator helping...

November 22, 2022

The Beginning of Advent (Part 1 of 3)

In this Advent narrative, all violence, injustice, and imperial oppression is finally answered for as...

January 2021

January 08, 2021

Reimagining Our World in 2021 (Part 3 of 3)

This vision is of a world of social structures rooted in love for all. In...

January 06, 2021

Reimagining Our World in 2021 (Part 2 of 3)

Today, we must hold on to the hope that a different iteration of our world...

January 04, 2021

Reimagining Our World in 2021 (Part 1 of 3)

If Mark could offer good news or "gospel" in the midst of such loss for...

August 2019

August 07, 2019

Responding to Rejection

I can’t help but notice that history is cyclical. We in our society today may...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

Why Resurrection

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