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October 2026

October 13, 2026

Render Unto Caesar

Things that belong to Caesar remind us that cconomic systems are never entirely neutral. Taxation,...

February 2026

February 18, 2026

Turning Stones To Bread and Systemic Poverty

Turning stones to bread warns against substituting band-aid fixes or miraculous charity for structural transformation.

February 17, 2026

The Temptations and Our Justice Work Today

This year’s season of Lent begins with Matthew’s version of Jesus’ temptations. These narrative choices...

January 2026

January 22, 2026

What Lies Ahead

As we step ahead into this new year, this means choosing justice over comfort, compassion...

January 21, 2026

Love of Neighbor as Enacted Social Justice

The gospel stories define fidelity to God not by religious performance, but by love of...

January 20, 2026

Fidelity Defined as Practicing Justice

This defined religious fidelity not as private piety but as concrete social justice rooted in...

October 2025

October 01, 2025

Holy Wrongs: The Sacred Normalization of Evil in Scripture

One of the dangers of readings like this is the normalization for Christians of evils...

September 2025

September 30, 2025

When the Bible Speaks of Slavery

I find this passage abhorrent. I offer no justification for slavery. Nor will I advocate...

June 2025

June 12, 2025

Harmonizing with the Gospels’ Justice Today

We can build on and expand the gospels' justice themes, harmonizing with and not getting...

June 11, 2025

Expanding the Gospels’ Justice Themes

Expanding Jesus' work of justice requires paying attention to how difference is used to justify...

June 10, 2025

Building on a Foundation of Justice

Justice teaches us to recognize how differences are used to make certain of our community...

May 2025

May 29, 2025

A Gospel With Social Justice Implications

Faith without works of justice was worth nothing. A gospel without social implications was to...

May 28, 2025

Repentance and Forgiveness as Political Not Personal

John’s repentance was not for personal, private, individual sins, but for community sins, social and...

May 27, 2025

Varied Ascensions and One That Points to Justice

There are two distinct versions of the ascension story in the gospels. The one in...

February 2025

February 25, 2025

The Transfiguration: Jesus, Moses, Elijah, and Justice

Moses and Elijah, both, are symbols of accomplished societal justice and liberation for the masses...

September 2024

September 05, 2024

Jesus, a Greek Woman and a Magical Cure, Part 3

Today we need more than magical cures that enable people to do better in our...

September 04, 2024

Jesus, a Greek Woman and a Magical Cure, Part 2

Intersectionality is such a rich lens through which to relate to this Jesus story as...

September 03, 2024

Jesus, a Greek Woman and a Magical Cure, Part 1

The first story is of a Greek woman who approaches Jesus on behalf of her...

August 2024

August 01, 2024

Not Spiritualizing the Material, Part 3

We don't need to be continually spiritualizing the material. Justice and saving bodies is as...

July 2024

July 31, 2024

Not Spiritualizing the Material, Part 2

Spiritualizing the gospel, focusing on saving souls while ignoring suffering bodies, over and over again...

July 30, 2024

Not Spiritualizing the Material, Part 1

One of the unique elements here is a tendency to convert the material into spiritual,...

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...

June 2024

June 27, 2024

Preferential Options and Patriarchy, Part 3

By placing the woman alongside the little girl the story also calls us to reject...

June 27, 2024

Preferential Options and Patriarchy, Part 2

The story, at first, pretends to affirm the social assumption that if we practice preferential...

June 26, 2024

Preferential Options and Patriarchy, Part 1

In our justice work, understanding our social locations in the society we have created is...

June 20, 2024

When the Wind and Waves Threaten Justice, Part 3

Working toward justice continues to mean facing winds and waves from those who benefit from...

June 19, 2024

When the Wind and Waves Threaten Justice, Part 2

There will be moments when the winds and waves of opposition to making our world...

June 18, 2024

When the Wind and Waves Threaten Justice, Part 1

Mark’s gospel uses multiple boat journeys. Some of these, like the one we are considering...