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June 2022

June 30, 2022

The Gospel of Interdependence (Part 3 of 3)

This calls us to reassess the social waters we swim in. It encourages interdependence rather...

June 29, 2022

The Gospel of Interdependence (Part 2 of 3)

We deeply need to reconnect with the reality that we are part of one another....

June 28, 2022

The Gospel of Interdependence (Part 1 of 3)

These itinerant workers were to be characterized by dependence, not independence, connectedness as contrasted with...

July 2021

July 23, 2021

Enough for Everyone (Part 3 of 3)

Various expressions of Christianity have likewise been complicit in seizing power. Powerful Christians have cooperated...

July 22, 2021

Enough for Everyone (Part 2 of 3)

This social consciousness appears to be part of the fabric of what it meant to...

July 21, 2021

Enough for Everyone (Part 1 of 3)

Among the canonical gospels, there are six versions of this story. Resource-sharing was central to...

June 2021

June 04, 2021

Binding the Strong Man (Part 3 of 3)

Today our strong man could be capitalism, White supremacy, Christian nationalism, cisheterosexism, and more. All...

June 03, 2021

Binding the Strong Man (Part 2 of 3)

These are not just stories of mythical demons and exorcisms. That shallow understanding misses the...

June 02, 2021

Binding the Strong Man (Part 1 of 3)

Outgrowing these values is often part of the work we must do to participate in...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

People Over Profit and Jesus’ Problematic Story Choices

Jesus’ vision is of a world where the hungry are fed, those who weep now...

March 13, 2020

A Community of Healing Justice

“At its source, it’s not about a lone hero who does something revolutionary on our...

March 06, 2020

When Change Feels Too Risky

Are you seeing calls for societal change threatening the status quo today? Are you seeing...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

A Just Future Begins Today

“Change can scare those benefitting from the present system no matter how unjust that system...

February 26, 2020

A Preferential Option for the Vulnerable and the Marginalized

There are two types of justice work. One seeks to give people equal access to...

November 2019

November 23, 2019

Jesus’ Call for Wealth Redistribution

Jesus’ definition of wealth as the exploitation of the poor and his call for wealth...

November 22, 2019

Jesus’ Enoughism

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

November 11, 2019

Stop Drinking The Kool-Aid

"For those at the top of an exploitative social pyramid who are privileged, advantaged, and...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

Impartial Love

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