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These narratives speak of a God who, rather than demanding someone’s sacrifice, stands in solidarity...

Both narratives of sacrifice and narratives of anti-sacrifice are found in the sacred texts, and...

The unity that comes through sacrificing a common enemy is temporary and must be continually...

To change systemic oppression, every time, we must stand in solidarity with the oppressed, demanding...

In the stories, Jesus was seeking to help both sides reclaim their humanity and that...

Oppression dehumanizes everyone involved. By dehumanizing another, we lose our own humanity, and when we...

And another iteration of our present world is possible where people who are different are...

If you’ve been rejected by others, your voice is centered in God’s just future. Those...

Rejection was a familiar theme for the early followers of Jesus. How can we reclaim...

That’s why I don’t interpret this story to be solely about prayer. That would leave...

That’s what this widow did. She made the life of the magistrate uncomfortable until he...

This widow was pleading for equity, what today could be called social justice, and justice...

Collective choices create change. None of us can change the world all by ourselves, but...

It’s not a gospel of mercy, grace, and forgiveness that releases us from a Divine,...

In the story, it was the elite and privileged who felt this disgust and loathing....

Seeing the man set free from his internalized oppression, the society around him refuses to...

Society finds unity in agreeing on who they choose to be against. Victims of this...

This is a gospel story of societal oppression leading a person to believe their oppressors’...

The work of justice requires paying attention to how difference is used to justify oppression.

In Matthew and the other gospels, Jesus stands in the prophetic lineage of Isaiah, calling...

This is a statement where Jesus stands with the more inclusive, progressive Jewish community interpreting...

Beware when you see those in power using law and order rhetoric used to maintain...

Jesus’ solidarity with those on the margins reached a critical breaking point with Jesus’ protest...

Jesus here is announcing that God’s just future is decidedly for those the present system...

Although everyone was invited to the event in the parable of Matthew 22, the event...

Throughout U.S. history, the elites have repeatedly fanned the flames of racially charged bigotry to...

I used to interpret this parable differently than I do today. When we read this...

The rhetoric and movement of Black Lives Matter is the same preferential option for the...

The word preferential denotes a preference. Option denotes a deliberate choice to stand with one...

This is the ethic of preference or priority we see in the passage above from...