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September 2026

September 29, 2026

The Parable of the Vineyard and the Politics of Justice

The vineyard reminds us that eventually exploitation requires violence. Maintaining injustice depends on preventing questions.

August 2022

August 11, 2022

The Personal Cost of Causing Division (Part 3 of 3)

In the end, it’s about harm reduction and mitigation. It is the reality of this...

August 10, 2022

The Personal Cost of Causing Division (Part 2 of 3)

Our reading this week calls to mind times when we have also had to make...

August 09, 2022

The Personal Cost of Causing Division (Part 1 of 3)

The struggle in the story is with the economic, political, and social harm being committed...

June 2020

June 19, 2020

Choosing Peace through Militarized Policing or Distributive Justice (Part 3 of 3)

Peace through a militarized quelling of unrest is not peace, but a lull waiting for...

June 17, 2020

Choosing Peace through Militarized Policing or Distributive Justice (Part 2 of 3)

This is where the path of systemic injustice pressed down too long by militarized force...

June 15, 2020

Choosing Peace through Militarized Policing or Distributive Justice (Part 1 of 3)

What we have here is two paths toward peace. One was enforced by militarized power...

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 25, 2020

Our Hope Depends on Compassion

And this is precisely why our future can be different than our present. We can...

March 23, 2020

When Economic Reversal Catches the Elite by Surprise

This wakefulness means possessing a continuing awareness of issues related to marginalized people and their...

March 18, 2020

Using Violence to Shape Our World

It is up to the communities that face oppression to determine what methods they will...

March 16, 2020

Shaping a New World at the End of Our Present System

Will we be a source of genuine light in our world’s oppression and exploitation, or...

February 2020

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 24, 2020

The Ethic of Enemy Love (Part 1)

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

November 2019

November 20, 2019

Choosing a World Shaped by Compassion

This world is not based on a win-lose closed system, but a win-win where we...

October 2019

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...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

The Wrong Messiah

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

September 25, 2019

A Warning for Our Present Moment

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

August 2019

August 09, 2019

Reading Jesus from the Margins

For many, only when they discover for themselves the Jesus in the story from the...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

Jesus, Judaism, and Anti-Semitism

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