It cannot be stated enough that although we are all affected by this pandemic we are not all affected equally. COVID-19 is amplifying already present injustices in our social system. Read more
May 20, 2020
Building the World We Want to Live In (Part 2 of 3)
May 20, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
Blessed are the ones modeling a compassionate new world. Blessed are the ones shaping a world that is just and safe for all, inclusive of those vulnerable now. Blessed are the ones pointing the way to healing, personal and private as well as public and systemic. Read more
May 18, 2020
Building the World We Want to Live In (Part 1 of 3)
May 18, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
Today, capitalism has a long history of straining its inherent contradictions to the breaking point and causing a social and economic crisis. Could we be on the edge of another such moment now in the U.S. as a result of the response to the current pandemic? We have more people in the U.S. unemployed than we had during the Great Depression. What might Jesus’ economic teachings offer us right now? Read more
May 15, 2020
Growth For Growth’s Sake (Part 3 of 3)
May 15, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
Growth for growth’s sake in capitalist economics is called profit. It’s good for business. But on a cellular level in biology, it’s called cancer. Read more
May 13, 2020
Growth For Growth’s Sake (Part 2 of 3)
May 13, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
The system of exploitation of the masses for the benefit of a few was set on a collision course with annihilation if something didn’t change. What was the fruit the gardener looked for that would ensure it remains? Read more
May 11, 2020
Growth For Growth’s Sake (Part 1 of 3)
May 11, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
The elites were victim-blaming. The oppressed class’s failure to put things right was not because they lacked moral uprightness. It was the result of an almost insurmountably heavy system that had been designed to work against them, violently if need be. Read more
May 8, 2020
A Gospel for the Earth (Part 3 of 3)
May 8, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
What would happen if Christians stopped believing that Jesus’s way is impractical, naïve, insufficient, or “doesn’t work in the “real world” and began to follow the way of life Jesus came to teach us, no matter how initially difficult it is? What would happen if Christians simply began believing in Jesus once again? Read more
May 6, 2020
A Gospel for the Earth (Part 2 of 3)
May 6, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
This says to me that it is better to deal with things now, at this stage, than to deal with them later. Change is coming and there’s no way around it. Read more
May 4, 2020
A Gospel for the Earth (Part 1 of 3)
May 4, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
If ever there were a warning for privileged elites to make restitution to the masses at whose expense they had accumulated their wealth and power, this is a textbook example. Read more
May 1, 2020
A More Distributively Just Way (Part 3 of 3)
May 1, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
The present pandemic is laying bare other areas of our unsustainable and unjust system. What would a world look like that is a safe, compassionate, inclusive, and just home for all of God’s children? Read more
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