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March 2026

March 19, 2026

Lazarus and the Unfinished Work of Liberation

Liberation requires more than individual transformation; it calls communities to participate actively in our unbinding.

March 18, 2026

Lazarus and Today’s Struggles for Justice

Compassion is not distant from human struggles. Justice work and faithful action begin with genuine...

March 18, 2026

Lazarus and the Politics of Liberation

In the story of Lazarus, the narrative reason for Jesus’ crucifixion differs drastically from the...

November 2025

November 28, 2025

The Liberation at the Heart of Advent

Advent calls us to participate in the beginning of a whole new world where injustice...

January 2025

January 24, 2025

A Gospel of a New Social Order

So central was this call to create a new social order that the first generation...

January 23, 2025

A Gospel of Wealth Redistribution

The poor and economic justice were one of those themes. The kind of wealth redistribution...

January 22, 2025

A Gospel for Those in Poverty

Considering how many times Luke’s gospel mentions those living in poverty, it is no wonder...

November 2024

November 28, 2024

We Are The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For

I know what is coming won’t be easy. But this Advent, I’m holding on to...

November 27, 2024

A Passage of Liberation

Our reading takes this image and looks forward to future liberation and restoration for a...

November 26, 2024

Advent of Us, Part 1

That ancient passage was intended to offer a vision for the advent of liberation, to...

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 04, 2024

Epiphany, Baptism, Solidarity and Justice, Part 3

As we reflect on Epiphany and the establishment of justice in the themes of Jesus’...

January 03, 2024

Epiphany, Baptism, Solidarity and Justice, Part 2

The entire Epiphany narrative in Matthew speaks of liberation and justice for those pushed to...

January 02, 2024

Epiphany, Baptism, Solidarity and Justice, Part 1

In this epiphany story another star (comet) appears. This time not at a caesar’s death...

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...

August 2023

August 31, 2023

What Taking Up a Cross Doesn’t Mean, Part 3

How we define bearing a cross makes a difference in how we respond to injustice...

August 31, 2023

Speaking Out, What Taking Up a Cross Doesn’t Mean Part 2

This is a far cry from counseling early followers to passively bear injustice, but a...

August 29, 2023

Participation, What Taking Up a Cross Doesn’t Mean Part 1

For better or worse, they interpreted the cross in terms of participation not substitution or...

August 24, 2023

Messiahs, Part 3 of Injustice, Oppression, and Violence Being Put Right

Today, however, it is much more life giving to speak of correcting injustices without using...

August 23, 2023

Justice, Part 2 of Injustice, Oppression, and Violence Being Put Right

This title referred much more to someone who would establish justice on Earth, ending oppression...

August 22, 2023

Here on Earth, Injustice, Oppression, and Violence Being Put Right Part 1

The great hope was the setting right of all injustice, the putting right of all...

May 2023

May 25, 2023

Justice, Part 3 of Pentecost and a Spirit of Justice

One way to redeem this passage is to connect it to John 20. To inhale...

May 24, 2023

The Material, Part 2 of Pentecost and a Spirit of Justice

We need a holistic interpretation where people’s spiritual wellbeing is connected to their material economic,...