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July 2020

July 14, 2020

Forgiveness in the Time of COVID-19 by Julia Robinson Moore

What does forgiveness look like in the midst of a pandemic? How are we as...

September 2019

September 12, 2019

Jesus Unmasked: On Being Lost And Found: Sheep, Repentance, and Extravagant Joy [Video]

There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

Jesus Unmasked: Humility Is Not A Competition [Video]

For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be...

August 08, 2019

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear, But Can It Whittle Away White Supremacy?

“Perfect love casts out fear.” Good. Let’s start here. Let’s begin in the hope that...

July 2019

July 27, 2019

Building God’s Kingdom or Destroying Ourselves? Sodom, The Lord’s Prayer, and The Crisis on Our Border

What do you think when you hear “Sodom and Gomorrah?” Progressive Christians rightly have long...

July 19, 2019

Jesus Unmasked: The Priority of Love

Abraham and Sarah show hospitality to strangers, but then they laugh in the face of...

June 2019

June 28, 2019

Pride: In The Name Of Love, Living Our Lives Unbound By Death

"Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the...

June 16, 2019

How My Atheist Father Helps Me Appreciate The Trinity

I vividly remember one of the few times I saw my dad cry. I don’t...

June 14, 2019

Finding Ourselves In The Infinite Dance of Love: Jesus Unmasked, Trinity Sunday

Welcome to Jesus Unmasked! Formerly known as the “Girardian Virtual Bible Study,” “Jesus Unmasked”...

June 08, 2019

Speaking God’s Language of Fire: If It’s Not Love, It’s Just Babble

Show Show Notes Introduction to Acts 2:1-21 The Disciples gathered together in a house....

June 03, 2019

The Unity of All Things: How to Be One with Jesus, God, and All Humanity

For Jesus, the glory of God is not the glory that comes with uniting against...

May 2019

May 31, 2019

We Are One: Unity in Christ with Victims, Scapegoats, and Enemies – Easter 7 Year C

Welcome to the Girardian Virtual Bible Study! Each week we explore the lectionary passage with...

May 17, 2019

Love One Another As I Have Loved You: Girardian Virtual Bible Study – Easter 5 Year C

Welcome to the Girardian Virtual Bible Study! Each week we explore the lectionary passage with...

April 2019

April 19, 2019

The Hate That Killed Christ Keeps On Killing: A Holy Week Meditation On “Jesus And The Disinherited,” Part Four

This reluctance to examine hatred has taken on the character of a superstition. It is...

March 2019

March 18, 2019

Jesus, the Qur’an, and Donald Trump: How to End White Supremacy

In the wake of the terrorist attack at a New Zealand Mosque, Adam Ericksen describes...

March 08, 2019

Jesus, the Wilderness, and How to Advocate for the Devil – Lent 1, Year C – Girardian Virtual Bible Study

Why do people offer gifts to God? To earn God's favor? No, say Adam and...

February 2019

February 14, 2019

The Wicked Truth about Love – Suzanne Ross on the RavenCast

Happy Valentine's Day! In the immortal words of Tina Turner, "What's love got to do...

December 2018

December 11, 2018

Meditations on the Magnificat: Mary’s Courage and Modern-Day Bearers of Love

Rejoicing in the Midst of Vulnerability “My soul magnifies the Lord,” young Mary said. The fear...

November 2018

November 12, 2018

Creating A Permanent Armistice By Repenting of Violence Toward Veterans and Victims

Love on Armistice and Veteran’s Day We are, all of us, without exception or qualification,...

November 05, 2018

The Gospel, Election Day, and the Risk of Love

Jesus calls us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. But what does that...

November 04, 2018

For All The Saints Who Our Asylum Seek: Eternal Life Starts With Welcoming Refugees

Yet all are one in Thee for all are Thine. Alleluia! Alleluia! All are one...

October 2018

October 22, 2018

Blood Sport in “The Lonesome West”

AstonRep Theatre Company’s production of "The Lonesome West", a dark comedy by award winning playwright...

October 12, 2018

The Urgency of Love in a Dying World

Twelve years. That’s all the time we have. That’s all the time we have to...

August 2018

August 24, 2018

Two People Fell In Love. And The World Is A Better Place For It.

Yeah, to me it’s all so clear / Every one of us is here

May 2018

May 07, 2018

Christianity, Buddhism, and the Spirituality of Joy

Jesus said that the whole point of his teachings was to give joy to his...

May 04, 2018

Harry Potter and the Nonviolent Revolution

The Futility of Violence Against Prejudice 20 years after the Battle of Hogwarts, the wizarding world...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

Jesus, Stephen Colbert, and the Resurrected Life

Improv has a lot to teach us about life. Rev. Adam Ericksen explains the connections...

April 15, 2018

The Land And Its Promise for Palestinians and Israelis

How much violence could be deterred, how much suffering averted, how much pain and grief...

March 2018

March 27, 2018

Passion Sunday Meditation

In the beginning, there was Love. And Love was joyful, and Love was playful. Lover...

March 23, 2018

Following Jesus: Emigrating from Violence into Love

This Lenten season, as we follow Jesus on his journey to the cross and ultimately...

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