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July 2025

July 02, 2025

Jesus’ Plan: Radical Dependence, Not Self-Reliance

As human beings, we are connected and depend on one another for survival, growth, and...

July 01, 2025

The Empire of God Begins With Dependency

These folk are sort of like ancient Cynics, but their goal is not self-sufficiency; these...

June 2025

June 30, 2025

Caring for Those Outside the Tribe

In this vision for society, mutuality would not end at family tribal lines, but rather...

June 25, 2025

Our Dependence on One Another

Whereas Cynics were seeking independence from the system, our reading draws attention to our dependence...

June 25, 2025

Fire from Heaven

Most Christians at this time were universalists, and our reading about fire from heaven was...

June 19, 2025

The Gerasenes and the Current Immigration Crisis

Do not mistreat the migrant. Treat them as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for...

June 18, 2025

Imperialsm, Colonialism and Our Migrant Community Today

Colonialism led to various forms of mental illness and psychological distress interpreted or pathologized in...

June 17, 2025

Gospel Parallels with the Present Migrant Crisis

Romero has described some striking parallels between the South American migrant community here in the...

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...

June 05, 2025

Social Justice in the Wake of Pentecost

Pentecost reminds us that Christians should be deeply concerned with social justice because it reflects...

June 04, 2025

Pentecost Power: How the Spirit Fuels Social Justice

In both of these ancient books, the Spirit gives birth to justice in the lives...

June 03, 2025

Pentecost and Social Justice

There has always been a rich diversity of opinions on what the gift of Pentecost...

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...

May 22, 2025

Disabilities and Narratives of Inclusion and Accessiblity

These narratives challenge theologies and practices that result in the lack of accessibility for those...

May 21, 2025

The Problematic Disabilities Language in the Gospels

The gospel authors use disabilities to provide a context for other debates. I wish these...

May 16, 2025

How Love and Social Justice are Connected

Those believing they understand God’s love should be the loudest in the room opposing the...

May 15, 2025

Distributive Justice is Intrinsic to Universal Love

In both the Hebrew prophets and the Gospels, love and distributive justice where described as intrinsically...

May 13, 2025

Justice and the Call to Love One Another

They aren’t separate! Justice is the fruit of loving one another. You can’t genuinely have...

May 13, 2025

A Liberatory Theology of Disability and the Pool of Bethesda

The story of pool of bethesda is just one example of narratives in the gospels...

May 08, 2025

The Good Shepherd and Social Justice

The prophets linked the work of the shepherd to caring for the needs of the...

May 06, 2025

Imagery of a Shepherd and the Restoration of Justice

The imagery of a shepherd was used to communicate safety, distributive justice, and peace. It...

May 01, 2025

Feed My Sheep: Justice Is Sacred Work

Working for people’s material, physical, concrete daily needs (such as feeding people and other justice...

April 2025

April 30, 2025

Fishing for People and Overturning Systems of Injustice

Fishing for people was a summons to working folk to join him in overturning the...

April 29, 2025

Justice Lessons from Post-Resurrection Bread and Fish

Uniquely, this version of a bread and fish story is placed after the resurrection. Bread...

April 24, 2025

Sent for Liberation, Justice and Love

As Jesus was sent into our world, so we have been sent. But our sending has...

April 23, 2025

Lessons from the Different Great Commissions

In Luke the commission is about justice for the oppressed. In John it includes binding...