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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...

June 06, 2024

Labelling Social Justice as Dangerous, Part 3

These stories should move us to help, not oppose, the social justice work of those...

June 05, 2024

Labelling Social Justice as Dangerous, Part 2

Their tactic is nothing new: Inspire the masses with fear of the very social justice...

June 04, 2024

Labelling Social Justice as Dangerous, Part 1

As complicated as this language is for us today, inspiring fear of social justice efforts...

May 2024

May 16, 2024

Pentecost as Connectedness and Distributive Justice, Part 3

The Spirit expressed itself in economic justice among them where everyone made sure their neighbor...

May 15, 2024

Pentecost as Connectedness and Distributive Justice, Part 2

One of the fruits of the Spirit (to borrow Paul’s language) in the synoptic gospels...

May 14, 2024

Pentecost as Connectedness and Distributive Justice, Part 1

This upcoming weekend is Pentecost in the Western Christian calendar. And these passages define that...

April 2024

April 18, 2024

The Good Shepherd and a Socially Just World, Part 3

The shepherd metaphor then speaks to learning to relate to one another in a way...

April 17, 2024

The Good Shepherd and a Socially Just World, Part 2

The shepherd metaphor was used by the Hebrew prophets to speak of social healing where...

April 09, 2024

The Good Shepherd and a Socially Just World, Part 1

Before he is enthroned in imperial Christian theology, art, and the Christian imagination as imperial...

March 2024

March 14, 2024

The Harmful Myth of Redemptive Death, Part 3

Love can conquer hate, and, in the end, justice, love and life will have the...

March 13, 2024

The Harmful Myth of Redemptive Death, Part 2

This prioritizes the oppressor’s or abuser’s need for redemption over and above the rights of...

March 12, 2024

The Harmful Myth of Redemptive Death, Part 1

Our reading has a history of justifying death or abuse for those in marginalized social...

February 2024

February 08, 2024

A Safe, Compassionate, Just Home for Everyone, Part 3

This story points to a life-giving path that informs us to take up the work...

February 07, 2024

A Safe, Compassionate, Just Home for Everyone, Part 2

He goes on to state the way apocalyptic literature was used in Mark’s culture to...

February 06, 2024

A Safe, Compassionate, Just Home for Everyone, Part 1

In this story, the early followers perceived teachings that would end oppression and establish justice...

February 01, 2024

Conduits of Healing and Liberation, Part 3

Evangelical Christianity today needs healing and liberation from possession by White supremacy, Christian nationalism, heteropatriarchy,...

January 2024

January 31, 2024

Conduits of Healing and Liberation, Part 2

It is resistance because it is a visible insistence that our lives are not defined...

January 30, 2024

Conduits of Healing and Liberation, Part 1

It’s easy to read these healing stories supernaturally, but theses stories were originally intended to...

January 18, 2024

The Gospel Jesus Taught, Part 3

"While it is much easier to preach a gospel that says, 'God loves us,' it...

January 17, 2024

The Gospel Jesus Taught, Part 2

He is not calling his listeners to repent of rebellion against empire or to accept...

January 16, 2024

The Gospel Jesus Taught, Part 1

Unlike the gospel these Roman messengers announced, the gospel Jesus announced was different.

December 2023

December 14, 2023

Advent and the Joy of Working for a Better World, Part 3

As difficult as doing preparation work in the wilderness is at times, there is joy...

December 13, 2023

Advent and the Joy of Working for a Better World, Part 2

These are symbols of long standing within the Jewish society at that time. They debated...

December 12, 2023

Advent and the Joy of Working for a Better World, Part 1

In the stories, John the Baptist is dramatically associated with these ancient figures, and this...

November 2023

November 09, 2023

Apocalyptic Passivity, Part 3

We must actively resist an apocalyptic passivity that doesn’t do much to make sure everyone...

November 08, 2023

Apocalyptic Passivity, Part 2

An apocalyptic Jesus offers an excuse to ignore many of Jesus’ teaching on the basis...

November 07, 2023

Apocalyptic Passivity, Part 1

This apocalyptic theme reflects more the concerns of the community after the crucifixion than it does...