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January 2023

January 12, 2023

The Myth of Redemptive Suffering (Part 3 of 3)

If we aren’t careful we are telling those being harmed to be patient, that something...

January 11, 2023

The Myth of Redemptive Suffering (Part 2 of 3)

If we interpret Jesus’ death as redemptive suffering, then this becomes a life model for...

January 10, 2023

The Myth of Redemptive Suffering (Part 1 of 3)

It is helpful to understand some of the political context in which this passage was...

April 2021

April 22, 2021

Imagery of a Good Shepherd (Part 3)

When we choose to make justice ultimately win, not just in isolated occurrences but systemically,...

April 21, 2021

Imagery of a Good Shepherd (Part 2)

This story that so many White Christians hold dear puts God on the side of...

April 20, 2021

Imagery of a Good Shepherd (Part 1)

Even today when you do a simple image search for Jesus, you’ll get ten or...

February 2021

February 26, 2021

Gaining the World, Losing One’s Humanity (Part 3)

Yet what’s at stake is larger than democracy. As Jesus called his followers, we’re called...

February 24, 2021

Gaining the World, Losing One’s Humanity (Part 2)

The concern is not partisan politics. The concern is humanity, the common good, the good...

February 23, 2021

Gaining the World, Losing One’s Humanity (Part 1)

That is the political or social context in which we must understand the above passage....

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...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

Social Location Matters

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

October 2019

October 30, 2019

The Worth of Those on the Margins

And remember to stop to consider how valuable you are. In a world that may...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

A Primer on Self-Affirming Nonviolence (Part 5)

"We must be much more scandalized by the institutional violence that leads to violent rebellion...

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...

August 16, 2019

A Primer on Self Affirming, Nonviolence (Part 3)

"Jesus was teaching the rejection of violent responses to this world’s evil. Yet he was...

August 02, 2019

A Primer on Self Affirming, Nonviolence (Part 2)

Today we live in the wake of these changes. Christianity and its Jesus fell in...

July 2019

July 26, 2019

A Primer on Self Affirming, Nonviolence (Part 1)

Seven years ago I wrote a series on Nonviolence. Much has changed for me since...