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April 2020

April 27, 2020

A More Distributively Just Way (Part 1 of 3)

And in the context of the golden rule, these two things have caught my attention...

April 24, 2020

Transforming Negative Pushback To Work In Favor of Change (Part 3 of 3)

We may still be a long way from our desired outcome, but we can make...

April 22, 2020

Transforming Negative Pushback To Work In Favor of Change (Part 2 of 3)

In this story, Jesus models how we, too, can stop, listen and ask ourselves whether...

April 20, 2020

Transforming Negative Pushback To Work In Favor of Change (Part 1 of 3)

Jesus was a conduit of change, and he called his followers to be conduits of...

April 17, 2020

New Wine in Old Wineskins (Part 6 of 6)

Moments like these not only call us to reassess our systems but also our own...

April 15, 2020

New Wine in Old Wineskins (Part 5 of 6)

The Jesus story’s new wine pushes us beyond the skins of a system that only...

April 13, 2020

New Wine in Old Wineskins (Part 4 of 6)

Is it time today for a reformation where we try to infuse old skins with...

April 10, 2020

New Wine in Old Wineskins (Part 3 of 6)

Texts must be interpreted in life-giving ways within communities that prioritize the voices of the...

April 08, 2020

New Wine in Old Wineskins (Part 2 of 6)

He did not ignore destructive passages or interpretations but met the elites’ use of these...

April 07, 2020

New Wine in Old Wineskins (Part 1 of 6)

A pandemic provides a unique moment for us to critique our present order or system...

March 2020

March 04, 2020

When Our Differences Threaten to Make Our Justice Work Fragmented

Ignorance is inevitable: our experiences are not all the same. But division is optional. Each...

March 02, 2020

The Parable of the Lost Coin and the Societal Elite

"Justice is not giving people who have been marginalized or discriminated against simply an equal...

February 2020

February 14, 2020

Zacchaeus and Christian Support of Destructive Administrations

“What is needed for empowered, privileged Christians who support a corrupt administration today to follow...

February 07, 2020

Exclusion and the Refusal of the Older Brother

If you believe God loves someone, justice for them isn’t far behind. Love for those...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

The Ethic of Enemy Love (Part 2)

“This I believe is the genius of the ethic of enemy love that Jesus and...

January 24, 2020

The Ethic of Enemy Love (Part 1)

“First, this ethic does not mean that we should expect reconciliation without change or reparations...

January 17, 2020

When Equality Means Some Are Given More Than Others

Some may cry unfair when others receive more, yet if this “more than” is based...

January 10, 2020

Great Joy for All People (Part 3)

Luke’s narratives about Jesus, beginning with the Christmas narratives, ultimately offer hope for those society...

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,”...

December 20, 2019

Great Joy for All People (Part 2)

"In Luke’s birth-narrative, Jesus is both the Davidic Messiah who converges with Judaism and the...

December 13, 2019

Great Joy for All People (Part 1)

Seen in their original context, Luke’s birth narratives for Jesus subvert the Roman economic, political,...

December 06, 2019

A Christmas Story for the Marginalized

“The question for those presently at the center is not whether they will include the...

November 2019

November 15, 2019

A Gospel About Jesus Versus the Gospel Jesus Taught

One thread in Jewish tradition enlarged this hope and applied it not only to the...

November 08, 2019

Biblical Inclusion Versus Biblical Exclusion

“What is our relation, as followers of Jesus, to the marginalized of our day? To...

June 2019

June 21, 2019

Challenging Exclusion

“It’s not enough to simply offer a gospel that only offers divine forgiveness of sins....