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April 2022

April 12, 2022
One thing that is common to all the gospel narratives is the presence of women...
April 07, 2022
How we celebrate rituals determines the kind of humans those rituals shape us into being....
April 06, 2022
This tradition has led quite a few modern Christians to reinterpret how they memorialize Jesus’...
April 05, 2022
This time of year always amplifies several passages from the passion liturgy that are important...

March 2022

March 31, 2022
I don’t believe Jesus’ words in John about poor people should be interpreted as establishing...
March 30, 2022
But this interpretation benefits those who are enriched by the status quo and don’t want...
March 29, 2022
Mary’s act is one of gratitude . . . The story is not primarily that...
March 24, 2022
As we are working toward a more inclusive, safe, compassionate, just society for everyone, if...
March 23, 2022
"Sinner" was the pejorative label that those at the center of Jesus society used to...
March 22, 2022
This week’s story is not answering questions about who gets to heaven or not. The...
March 17, 2022
Democratic societies must be made to birth a distributively just society where the needs of...
March 16, 2022
This is a good time to pause and reflect on how injustice is unsustainable in...
March 15, 2022
I don’t hear the moralistic idea of repentance so many of us are used to...
March 10, 2022
Death is not conquered with more death, even just one more death. Death is conquered...
March 09, 2022
This calls into question how we interpret Christian narratives of Jesus’ death and resurrection as...
March 09, 2022
Within this context, any systemic evil or injustice that becomes almost automated within a family,...
March 03, 2022
This phrase immediately triggers me and my more scientific modern worldview and I’d guess it...
March 02, 2022
The means by which we obtain our bread—whether those means are just, life-giving, and sustainable—matters...
March 01, 2022
For many Christians, this weekend marks the first weekend of Lent, which commemorates the 40...

February 2022

February 24, 2022
Have you had moments when you, also, have had to make some pretty difficult decisions?...
February 23, 2022
In this transfiguration story, the early Jesus followers are trying earnestly to make sense of...
February 22, 2022
Christianity has become filled with antisemitic interpretations of the transfiguration. Here's an alternative.
February 17, 2022
Our choices show not only what kind of people we want to be; they also...
February 16, 2022
Jesus recommended nakedness in protest over returning violence with more violence.
February 15, 2022
We reject any interpretation that demands we feel some kind of love or positive emotion...
February 10, 2022
We can choose to bend the arc of the universe toward justice for everyone. That...
February 09, 2022
If the elite and privileged all speak well of you, then chances are this week’s...
February 08, 2022
Just because you’re being criticized doesn’t necessarily mean you’re on the right track, and being...
February 03, 2022
This story places people before profit—especially people who are being harmed, marginalized, excluded, and killed.
February 02, 2022
In several Hebrew scriptures, fishing for people was about hooking or catching a certain kind...
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