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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 14, 2020

Zacchaeus and Christian Support of Destructive Administrations

“What is needed for empowered, privileged Christians who support a corrupt administration today to follow...

February 12, 2020

The Patriarchy, Justice, and Jesus’ Misunderstood Teachings on Divorce

In Spirit, Jesus' teachings on patriarchy and divorce call us to reject seeing anyone as...

February 10, 2020

Interpreting Sacred Texts in Life Giving Ways

Interpretations are not eternal. They change with time. As we see the harmful fruit of...

February 07, 2020

Exclusion and the Refusal of the Older Brother

If you believe God loves someone, justice for them isn’t far behind. Love for those...

February 05, 2020

Push Back from the Establishment

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

February 03, 2020

Jesus’ More Unpopular Economic Teachings

"I agree with Robinson. Jesus' vision for the world was one where people took care...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

The Ethic of Enemy Love (Part 2)

“This I believe is the genius of the ethic of enemy love that Jesus and...

January 29, 2020

Trump, White Christianity and the Parable of Insipid Salt

I’m not sure what Christianity’s future is. But I do believe that, to the best...

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 24, 2020

The Ethic of Enemy Love (Part 1)

“First, this ethic does not mean that we should expect reconciliation without change or reparations...

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,...

January 20, 2020

Being Rejected By Family

"I don’t believe that this suffering is good and I don’t believe that we must...

January 17, 2020

When Equality Means Some Are Given More Than Others

Some may cry unfair when others receive more, yet if this “more than” is based...

January 15, 2020

We’re In This Together

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

January 13, 2020

When Pride Isn’t “Sinful” But About Equality

"If a person is already being shamed and humiliated, they are already experiencing humiliation from...

January 10, 2020

Great Joy for All People (Part 3)

Luke’s narratives about Jesus, beginning with the Christmas narratives, ultimately offer hope for those society...

January 08, 2020

Embracing Societal Justice Even When It’s Scary

What can we learn from the passages above? It’s a lamentation that applies to all...

January 06, 2020

The Last Will Be First

What would it look like for us to work toward a world shaped by equity,...

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,”...

December 20, 2019

Great Joy for All People (Part 2)

"In Luke’s birth-narrative, Jesus is both the Davidic Messiah who converges with Judaism and the...

December 18, 2019

Economic Justice and Jesus’ Straight and Narrow

“Aristotle also saw this same truth: ‘Poverty is the cause of the defects of democracy....

December 16, 2019

Societal Change and the Parable of Leaven

Was Jesus’ leaven good or evil for his time and culture? The answer to that...

December 13, 2019

Great Joy for All People (Part 1)

Seen in their original context, Luke’s birth narratives for Jesus subvert the Roman economic, political,...

December 11, 2019

LGBTQ Affirmation and the Parable of the Mustard Seed

Reparative therapy, however, is an attempt to weed out a certain type of person—an LGBTQ...

December 06, 2019

A Christmas Story for the Marginalized

“The question for those presently at the center is not whether they will include the...

December 02, 2019

Stand Up Anyway

I don’t believe that we must pass through fire and sword to get to a...

November 2019

November 22, 2019

Jesus’ Enoughism

“Some will say, ‘This sounds like socialism!’ I’m reminded of the words of historical Jesus...

November 15, 2019

A Gospel About Jesus Versus the Gospel Jesus Taught

One thread in Jewish tradition enlarged this hope and applied it not only to the...

November 13, 2019

Complicit Christianity

If true, this calls for Christianity to wrest itself free of its historical failures, to...