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July 2021

July 15, 2021

Ticket to Heaven or Concrete, Earthly Liberation (Part 2 of 3)

This scene is not about heaven or later, but about what people are experiencing here...

July 14, 2021

Ticket to Heaven or Concrete, Earthly Liberation (Part 1 of 3)

The itinerant liberator image of Jesus that we encounter in Mark raises a question of...

July 08, 2021

Speaking Truth to Those in Power (Part 3 of 3)

Truth telling will always carry consequences, some beneficial and others difficult to bear.

July 07, 2021

Speaking Truth to Those in Power (Part 2 of 3)

The phrase “Speak Truth to Power” has its origins in the American Friends Service Committee...

July 06, 2021

Speaking Truth to Those in Power (Part 1 of 3)

This story is an example of a familiar theme in the Hebrew prophets.

July 01, 2021

A Community of Dependence and Connectedness (Part 3 of 3)

we take responsibility for taking care of one another, not to establish dependency, but because...

June 2021

June 30, 2021

A Community of Dependence and Connectedness (Part 2 of 3)

In our context, American capitalistic individualism and independence, which too often masquerade as freedom, dependence as...

June 29, 2021

A Community of Dependence and Connectedness (Part 1 of 3)

What does it actually mean for the empire of God to come? It begins with...

June 24, 2021

A Preferential Option for the Excluded (Part 3 of 3)

In the end, both parties receive what they need. But to arrive there, Jesus chose...

June 23, 2021

A Preferential Option for the Excluded (Part 2 of 3)

But the story actually prioritizes and centers this marginalized woman over the named, male, synagogue...

June 22, 2021

A Preferential Option for the Excluded (Part 1 of 3)

The contrasting social locations of these recipients of Jesus’ work is one of the most...

June 17, 2021

Peace, Be Still (Part 3 of 3)

We don’t need a peace that is only a passive lull in our struggle for...

June 16, 2021

Peace, Be Still (Part 2 of 3)

Superiority, supremacy, exceptionalism, and/or a “chosen” status’ have only proved to divide us within the...

June 15, 2021

Peace, Be Still (Part 1 of 3)

Up until this point, Jesus was an exorcist or healer in stories that subtly call...

June 11, 2021

Misclassifying As Weeds (Part 3 of 3)

I have a hunch that some translators may be trying to avoid the misogyny in...

June 10, 2021

Misclassifying As Weeds (Part 2 of 3)

Similarly, the call to affirm, embrace, and include LGBTQ Christians in the church is not...

June 09, 2021

Misclassifying As Weeds (Part 1 of 3)

This week’s reading is asking us to check our assumptions about what we have classified...

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...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

A Better Way to Tell Our Stories (Part 3 of 3)

Do we find teachings lifted up in the Jesus story that aid our work of...

May 26, 2021

A Better Way to Tell Our Stories (Part 2 of 3)

Classifying our flesh, bodies, and material world or nature as, at best, unimportant or disposable...

May 25, 2021

A Better Way to Tell Our Stories (Part 1 of 3)

We encounter the fruit of this today whenever Christians speak negatively of social justice and...

May 20, 2021

Spirit of Advocacy (Part 3 of 3)

The Jesus of John calls us to not let go of life but to take...

May 19, 2021

Spirit of Advocacy (Part 2 of 3)

If we would be humble enough to learn from our Jewish siblings, remembering Jesus himself...

May 18, 2021

Spirit of Advocacy (Part 1 of 3)

Given how Christians have treated our Jewish siblings throughout Christianity’s history, we must be extremely...

May 13, 2021

Hated by the Right People (Part 3)

If we find ourselves opposed by the marginalized because we are actually standing between them...

May 12, 2021

Hated by the Right People (Part 2)

Too often we can conflate criticism and hate. Someone not liking something doesn’t mean they...

May 10, 2021

Hated by the Right People (Part 1)

Being hated by the world is a theme in many sectors of Christianity that has...

May 06, 2021

The Inherent Relationship of Love and Justice (Part 3)

We can explore ways that understanding Universal love that lead us, not to private, assured...