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Our passage this week and this pandemic make me think of my working-class Appalachian friends,...

That’s what we need right now. That’s the kind of world I want to be...

It cannot be stated enough that although we are all affected by this pandemic we...

Blessed are the ones modeling a compassionate new world. Blessed are the ones shaping a...

Today, capitalism has a long history of straining its inherent contradictions to the breaking point...

Growth for growth’s sake in capitalist economics is called profit. It’s good for business. But...

The system of exploitation of the masses for the benefit of a few was set...

The elites were victim-blaming. The oppressed class’s failure to put things right was not because...

What would happen if Christians stopped believing that Jesus’s way is impractical, naïve, insufficient, or...

This says to me that it is better to deal with things now, at this...

If ever there were a warning for privileged elites to make restitution to the masses...

The present pandemic is laying bare other areas of our unsustainable and unjust system. What...

Prisons are being revealed to be places of mass death placing all inmates, regardless of...

And in the context of the golden rule, these two things have caught my attention...

We may still be a long way from our desired outcome, but we can make...

In this story, Jesus models how we, too, can stop, listen and ask ourselves whether...

Jesus was a conduit of change, and he called his followers to be conduits of...

Moments like these not only call us to reassess our systems but also our own...

The Jesus story’s new wine pushes us beyond the skins of a system that only...

Is it time today for a reformation where we try to infuse old skins with...

Texts must be interpreted in life-giving ways within communities that prioritize the voices of the...

He did not ignore destructive passages or interpretations but met the elites’ use of these...

A pandemic provides a unique moment for us to critique our present order or system...

Our challenge is to shape a society that reflects a set of values that shape...

Jesus’ vision is of a world where the hungry are fed, those who weep now...

And this is precisely why our future can be different than our present. We can...

This wakefulness means possessing a continuing awareness of issues related to marginalized people and their...

"Jesus modeled how we can be conduits of healing to this world, and we are...

It is up to the communities that face oppression to determine what methods they will...

Will we be a source of genuine light in our world’s oppression and exploitation, or...