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May 2026

May 07, 2026
As people engaged in justice work are grounded in love, we come to experience a...
May 06, 2026
An advocate is most needed where there is injustice; where voices are silenced, where systems...
May 05, 2026
Love here is not abstract, but an expression of relational justice confronting harmful systems in...

April 2026

April 30, 2026
In the gospel of John, belief is tied to actions of tangible, concrete healing, restoration,...
April 30, 2026
The path is more than a set of steps. It is relational, embodied, and lived....
April 28, 2026
In a world structured by exclusion, where systems determine who is in and out, this...
April 23, 2026
As Christianity became intertwined with empire, the cross became reframed while the Good Shepherd imagery...
April 22, 2026
A gate can a safeguard against forces that exploit, harm, and dehumanize and gates can...
April 21, 2026
In contrast to exploitative systems that prioritize profit, control, or power, the Good Shepherd stands...
April 16, 2026
Encounters that rekindle hope don't lead us from justice work; they send us back into...
April 15, 2026
Action is essential. Yet, listening is itself a form of sacred work. The stranger does...
April 14, 2026
Emmaus echos the grief familiar to many in justice work today who face the loss...
April 09, 2026
The presence of a second ending in chapter 21 does not diminish the ending in...
April 08, 2026
Doubt is not the opposite of faith, but often a pathway into a deeper, more...
April 07, 2026
The post resurrection narratives in the Gospel of John are some of the most interesting...
April 02, 2026
Centering the gospel in resurrection rather than death and dying follows the original witness first...
April 01, 2026
Easter invites us to align ourselves in that same solidarity, to resist systems that crucify,...

March 2026

March 31, 2026
Empires are not permanent or unquestionable. Resurrection stores in the context of State violence carry...
March 26, 2026
We are left in the wake of state violence and a guard posted at a...
March 25, 2026
Betrayal hurts deeply because it comes from those we believed stood beside us. Our narrative...
March 24, 2026
The final scenes offer profound lessons for justice work today. They highlights the dynamics of...
March 19, 2026
Liberation requires more than individual transformation; it calls communities to participate actively in our unbinding.
March 18, 2026
Compassion is not distant from human struggles. Justice work and faithful action begin with genuine...
March 18, 2026
In the story of Lazarus, the narrative reason for Jesus’ crucifixion differs drastically from the...
March 12, 2026
The phrase “the Jews” in the Gospel of John has a long and troubling history...
March 11, 2026
Liberation, humanity, and justice is measured not by strict compliance but by precedence over the...
March 10, 2026
We don’t have to use our differences as metaphors of inferiority to lift up the...
March 05, 2026
This story challenges us to cross boundaries, to listen first, to trust that those most...
March 04, 2026
This woman's story plausibly reflects more structural vulnerability. Repeated marriages in the ancient world signal...
March 03, 2026
The story of at the well begins with mutual vulnerability, not with a loftier benefactor...
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