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September 2026

September 30, 2026

The Stones the Builders Reject

There is an important tension in the ending of this story. The leaders in...

September 29, 2026

The Parable of the Vineyard and the Politics of Justice

The vineyard reminds us that eventually exploitation requires violence. Maintaining injustice depends on preventing questions.

June 2026

June 11, 2026

Justice Work is Communal

Our reading this week emphasizes that justice work is communal. Societal change does not require...

June 09, 2026

Sheep without a Shepherd and the Politics of Compassion

This compassion is deeply political, in the best sense of the word. This story identifies...

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...

June 2025

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...

November 2024

November 07, 2024

The Widow’s Mites of Mark 12

Like the widow's mites, does our religious practice cause harm or bring healing, life, renewal,...

November 06, 2024

Teachers of the Law in Mark 12

“Devoted to God” meant devoted to the State, and it didn’t trickle down to the...

November 05, 2024

When Faith Does Societal Harm, Part 1

Our reading this week contains one of the most misunderstood stories in Mark’s gospel. The...

January 2024

January 25, 2024

Exorcism of a Man with an Unclean Spirit, Part 3

This specific in augural exorcism story in Mark's gospel would have been read systematically and...

January 24, 2024

Exorcism of a Man with an Unclean Spirit, Part 2

The framing of this first exorcism story gives us a hint that we should interpret...

January 23, 2024

Exorcism of a Man with an Unclean Spirit, Part 1

The exorcism stories in the gospels were not written to answer our modern scientific questions....

April 2023

April 27, 2023

Life Abundant, Part 3 of Fulness of Life for Everyone

It is important to remember that this abundant living doesn’t come at the expense of...

April 26, 2023

A Sheep Gate, Part 2 of Fulness of Life for Everyone

It symbolizes their version of Jesus as a “sheep gate” through which legitimate shepherds would...

April 25, 2023

A Shepherd, Part 1 of Fulness of Life for Everyone

The shepherd was not a private, individual, or spiritual image in the Jewish tradition as...

March 2023

March 30, 2023

Palm Sunday and a Contrast of Values, Part 3 of On the Foal of a Donkey

This Palm Sunday, we are reminded that life still triumphs over death, love triumphs over...

March 29, 2023

Palm Sunday Ethics, Part 2 of On the Foal of a Donkey

As we read from Matthew this week for Palm Sunday, our work must then go...

March 28, 2023

Politics of Palm Sunday, Part 1 of On the Foal of a Donkey

Words matter. Often today when Christians read this word they read it as a purely...

March 10, 2022

Jesus as Political (Part 3 of 3)

Death is not conquered with more death, even just one more death. Death is conquered...

March 09, 2022

Jesus as Political (Part 2 of 3)

Within this context, any systemic evil or injustice that becomes almost automated within a family,...

March 03, 2022

Jesus as Political (Part 1 of 3)

This phrase immediately triggers me and my more scientific modern worldview and I’d guess it...

August 2021

August 26, 2021

Worshiping in Vain (Part 3 of 3)

I’m not saying that we can retrospectively make Jesus a critical race theorist because he...

August 25, 2021

Worshiping in Vain (Part 2 of 3)

These characters are used not to pit Christians against Jews, but to help us understand...

August 24, 2021

Worshiping in Vain (Part 1 of 3)

Throughout history Christians have used the label of Pharisee as a disparaging or derogatory title...

March 2021

March 25, 2021

The Politics of Jesus (Part 3)

We could choose to be last in line to oppose those progressive visions for American...

March 24, 2021

The Politics of Jesus (Part 2)

Jesus was crucified by Rome not because he was starting a new religion, but because...