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July 2025

July 01, 2025
These folk are sort of like ancient Cynics, but their goal is not self-sufficiency; these...

June 2025

June 30, 2025
In this vision for society, mutuality would not end at family tribal lines, but rather...
June 25, 2025
Whereas Cynics were seeking independence from the system, our reading draws attention to our dependence...
June 25, 2025
Most Christians at this time were universalists, and our reading about fire from heaven was...
June 19, 2025
Do not mistreat the migrant. Treat them as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for...
June 18, 2025
Colonialism led to various forms of mental illness and psychological distress interpreted or pathologized in...
June 17, 2025
Romero has described some striking parallels between the South American migrant community here in the...
June 12, 2025
We can build on and expand the gospels' justice themes, harmonizing with and not getting...
June 11, 2025
Expanding Jesus' work of justice requires paying attention to how difference is used to justify...
June 10, 2025
Justice teaches us to recognize how differences are used to make certain of our community...
June 05, 2025
Pentecost reminds us that Christians should be deeply concerned with social justice because it reflects...
June 04, 2025
In both of these ancient books, the Spirit gives birth to justice in the lives...
June 03, 2025
There has always been a rich diversity of opinions on what the gift of Pentecost...

May 2025

May 29, 2025
Faith without works of justice was worth nothing. A gospel without social implications was to...
May 28, 2025
John’s repentance was not for personal, private, individual sins, but for community sins, social and...
May 27, 2025
There are two distinct versions of the ascension story in the gospels. The one in...
May 22, 2025
These narratives challenge theologies and practices that result in the lack of accessibility for those...
May 21, 2025
The gospel authors use disabilities to provide a context for other debates. I wish these...
May 16, 2025
Those believing they understand God’s love should be the loudest in the room opposing the...
May 15, 2025
In both the Hebrew prophets and the Gospels, love and distributive justice where described as intrinsically...
May 13, 2025
They aren’t separate! Justice is the fruit of loving one another. You can’t genuinely have...
May 13, 2025
The story of pool of bethesda is just one example of narratives in the gospels...
May 08, 2025
The prophets linked the work of the shepherd to caring for the needs of the...
May 07, 2025
The Hebrew prophetic justice tradition spoke of when the masses become sheep and societal shepherds...
May 06, 2025
The imagery of a shepherd was used to communicate safety, distributive justice, and peace. It...
May 01, 2025
Working for people’s material, physical, concrete daily needs (such as feeding people and other justice...

April 2025

April 30, 2025
Fishing for people was a summons to working folk to join him in overturning the...
April 29, 2025
Uniquely, this version of a bread and fish story is placed after the resurrection. Bread...
April 24, 2025
As Jesus was sent into our world, so we have been sent. But our sending has...
April 23, 2025
In Luke the commission is about justice for the oppressed. In John it includes binding...
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