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January 2020

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 09, 2019

Social Location Matters

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

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 04, 2019

Inability to Rightly Evaluate What’s Happening

Racial tensions have escalated over the past four years. Sexist tensions have escalated. Homophobic and...

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...

November 11, 2019

Stop Drinking The Kool-Aid

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

November 08, 2019

Biblical Inclusion Versus Biblical Exclusion

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

November 06, 2019

Learning to Speak Out

The subject of politics is the discussion of how power is distributed and who gets...

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...

October 28, 2019

Jesus’ Gehenna in the Context of Social Justice

We are to oppose injustice and resist oppression. Let’s do it together in a way...

October 25, 2019

When Truth Comes To Light, It Doesn’t Do So On Its Own

It is in our “speaking in the light” what we have “heard in the dark”...

October 23, 2019

This Generation Will Be Held Responsible For It All

What would it mean in our context today to hear Jesus saying those same words...

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 07, 2019

How We See Others

When we choose to neglect this basic step in how we are seeing others, it...

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...

October 02, 2019

Speaking Your Truth

In the name of taking actions that advance compassion, love and justice in our world,...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

The Wrong Messiah

"Today, Evangelical Christianity has lost its witness, and it is no longer credible in matters...

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 25, 2019

A Warning for Our Present Moment

Our passage above is a warning for times like right now. It is a warning...