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July 2020

July 30, 2020

Three Paths Toward Change Rejected (Part 3 of 3)

When Jesus’ followers choose complicity, he explains, “The church, then, is made an agency of...

July 29, 2020

Three Paths Toward Change Rejected (Part 2 of 3)

As Katie Cannon sternly admonishes us, “Theologians need to think seriously about the real-life consequences...

July 28, 2020

Three Paths Toward Change Rejected (Part 1 of 3)

The accumulation of bread is not the highest value of God’s just future. God values...

July 23, 2020

Systems of Sacrifice (Part 3 of 3)

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise and set new records each day, remember that the...

July 22, 2020

Systems of Sacrifice (Part 2 of 3)

This also brings to mind how our working population is being sacrificed today in the...

July 21, 2020

Systems of Sacrifice (Part 1 of 3)

In these gospels, salvation is not about Jesus making a sacrifice that allows a cosmic...

February 2020

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...

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 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 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 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...

December 2019

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 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 06, 2019

A Christmas Story for the Marginalized

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

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 08, 2019

Biblical Inclusion Versus Biblical Exclusion

“What is our relation, as followers of Jesus, to the marginalized of our day? To...

October 2019

October 11, 2019

A Primer on Self-Affirming Nonviolence (Part 10)

Jesus’ form of nonviolence was an act of self-affirmation in a society where one’s self...

October 04, 2019

A Primer on Self Affirming Nonviolence (Part 9)

“Self-defense, in and of itself, is not violence. Violation is violence. Oppression is violence. Injustice...

September 2019

September 27, 2019

A Primer on Self-Affirming Nonviolence (Part 8)

“As followers of Jesus, especially ones who choose to embrace Jesus’ rejection of violence, we...

September 20, 2019

A Primer on Self Affirming Nonviolence (Part 7)

If Jesus taught nonviolence, why does the rest of the Bible seem to endorse or...

September 13, 2019

A Primer on Self Affirming Nonviolence (Part 6)

“He was not about keeping the peace, not disturbing the status quo, but about calling...

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 12, 2019

Responses of Passive Apathy

Change doesn’t have to come through such violent upheaval. It could start today. Here. Now....

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...

July 22, 2019

Checking Your Privilege

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July 01, 2019

Privilege and Power

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