March 14, 2024

Love can conquer hate, and, in the end, justice, love and life will have the last word. No matter how hopeless the present moment, our story isn’t over yet. Read more

March 13, 2024

This prioritizes the oppressor’s or abuser’s need for redemption over and above the rights of those being harmed, included in losing their most basic right: to simply exist and live.  Read more

March 12, 2024

Our reading has a history of justifying death or abuse for those in marginalized social locations or in predatory personal relationships. Read more

March 7, 2024

You can’t love others and not care about being socially engaged in the areas they suffer from the way our society is shaped. Read more

March 6, 2024

It doesn’t matter which of these ditches we fall into. Our beliefs should make us a more socially engaged in relation to our world today. Read more

March 5, 2024

We must begin with honesty about how either of these two focuses can divert our attention from being socially engaged. Read more

February 29, 2024

It’s not that simple when our stories offer two different options. We have to take some personal responsibility. We have to actually decide. Read more

February 29, 2024

For the prophets, the concern is justice. It’s within this Hebrew, prophetic justice tradition that the synoptic Jesus stands. In John's version of this story, this tradition is wholly erased. Read more

February 29, 2024

This detail magnifies one important differences in John. Narrative location, motives behind the action, and intended outcome, matter. Read more

February 22, 2024

This may seem to be a subtle interpretive difference, but it makes all the difference in the world in how we respond to abuse and suffering.  Read more


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