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February 2023

February 01, 2023

Safe-for-Everyone Interpretations and Practices (Part 2 of 3)

Safe-for-everyone interpretations and practices means change when immense harm has been done by a traditional...

January 2023

January 31, 2023

Safe-for-Everyone Interpretations and Practices (Part 1 of 3)

Safe-for-everyone means that we can do with the Jesus story today what those in the...

October 2022

October 13, 2022

Persistence Toward Justice (Part 3 of 3)

No effort invested in working toward a safe, compassionate, just world that is home for...

October 12, 2022

Persistence Toward Justice (Part 2 of 3)

From start to finish, the entire context of our story is of establishing justice on...

October 11, 2022

Persistence Toward Justice (Part 1 of 3)

Persistence in working for societal justice is at the heart of these kinds of sacred...

September 2022

September 29, 2022

Faith and Political Harm (Part 3 of 3)

These stories cared about the concrete harm being done to the marginalized and exploited. Today,...

September 28, 2022

Faith and Political Harm (Part 2 of 3)

Peasants could not imagine a world without feudalism. We find it difficult to imagine a...

September 27, 2022

Faith and Political Harm (Part 1 of 3)

"To hear this parable, however, we must again remove some of the Christian theological wax...

September 22, 2022

Stories that Shape Us (Part 3 of 3)

It’s much more realistic to focus on the gains and losses we experience in this...

September 21, 2022

Stories that Shape Us (Part 2 of 3)

This is a retributive punishment to satisfy the person inflicting the suffering who feels the...

September 20, 2022

Stories that Shape Us (Part 1 of 3)

Folk tales about reversing circumstances in the next life were a staple in Hellenistic, Roman,...

April 2022

April 21, 2022

Breathing In Spirit, Exhaling Love and Justice (Part 3 of 3)

Each resurrection story defines the resurrection in ways that cause his life work to continue...

April 20, 2022

Breathing In Spirit, Exhaling Love and Justice (Part 2 of 3)

How many times have we seen those who harm others or benefit from that harm...

April 19, 2022

Breathing In Spirit, Exhaling Love and Justice (Part 1 of 3)

Forgiveness divorced from that spirit serves to only perpetuate oppression and harm.

March 2022

March 31, 2022

Mary’s Perfume and No More Poverty (Part 3 of 3)

I don’t believe Jesus’ words in John about poor people should be interpreted as establishing...

March 30, 2022

Mary’s Perfume and No More Poverty (Part 2 of 3)

But this interpretation benefits those who are enriched by the status quo and don’t want...

March 29, 2022

Mary’s Perfume and No More Poverty (Part 1 of 3)

Mary’s act is one of gratitude . . . The story is not primarily that...

April 2020

April 02, 2020

A Society Where Everyone has a Seat at the Table

Our challenge is to shape a society that reflects a set of values that shape...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

People Over Profit and Jesus’ Problematic Story Choices

Jesus’ vision is of a world where the hungry are fed, those who weep now...

March 25, 2020

Our Hope Depends on Compassion

And this is precisely why our future can be different than our present. We can...

March 23, 2020

When Economic Reversal Catches the Elite by Surprise

This wakefulness means possessing a continuing awareness of issues related to marginalized people and their...

March 18, 2020

Using Violence to Shape Our World

It is up to the communities that face oppression to determine what methods they will...

March 16, 2020

Shaping a New World at the End of Our Present System

Will we be a source of genuine light in our world’s oppression and exploitation, or...

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...

February 2020

February 17, 2020

When Preaching A Message of “Love” Doesn’t Lead To Justice

Our experiences determine not only the questions we ask but also the answers we get...

February 05, 2020

Push Back from the Establishment

Where do you see establishment push back against a vision of future society that is...

January 2020

January 15, 2020

We’re In This Together

"Today we have to ask which voices are we refusing to listen to? Which voices...

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,”...

November 2019

November 20, 2019

Choosing a World Shaped by Compassion

This world is not based on a win-lose closed system, but a win-win where we...

November 11, 2019

Stop Drinking The Kool-Aid

"For those at the top of an exploitative social pyramid who are privileged, advantaged, and...