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February 2023

February 23, 2023

Sacrificing our Humanity to Change the World (Part 3 of 3)

Regarding sacrificing out humanity, we’ll need to interpret these stories differently than the original audience...

February 22, 2023

Sacrificing our Humanity to Change the World (Part 2 of 3)

"This concept often then turns into unhealthy passive acceptance and unhealthy forms of self-sacrifice having...

February 21, 2023

Sacrificing our Humanity to Change the World (Part 1 of 3)

Sacrificing our humanity for bread, contrasted with those things that are life-giving in the long...

September 2021

September 09, 2021

Taking Up Our Crosses, Injustice, and Abuse (Part 3 of 3)

This story is, on the other hand, encouraging Jesus' followers to resist as he did...

September 08, 2021

Taking Up Our Crosses, Injustice, and Abuse (Part 2 of 3)

If you believe that acceptance of suffering gives life, then your resources for confronting perpetrators...

September 07, 2021

Taking Up Our Crosses, Injustice, and Abuse (Part 1 of 3)

Oppressors throughout history have used the concept of “taking up one’s cross” to prioritize themselves...

April 2021

April 01, 2021

The Good News of Forceful Nonviolent Resurrection (Part 3)

God’s power never expresses itself through the humiliation or denigration of another. It does not...

April 01, 2021

The Good News of Forceful Nonviolent Resurrection (Part 2)

The book of Acts offers just one example of this alternative focus and emphasis; the...

March 2021

March 30, 2021

The Good News of Forceful Nonviolent Resurrection (Part 1)

The good news was not that Jesus died, or even that he died for you....

January 2020

January 27, 2020

The Kind of Resurrection I Want No Part Of

A resurrection that doesn’t follow standing with those on the undersides and edges of society...

January 22, 2020

Taking Up One’s Cross and the Myth of Redemptive Suffering

When those in power choose to threaten crosses for those standing up to systemic injustice,...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

Social Location Matters

Social location matters. Listening to how certain theologies impact those on the undersides or edges...

August 2019

August 23, 2019

A Primer on Self-Affirming Nonviolence (Part 4)

We’ve been discussing the importance of listening to those on the margins of society and...