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February 2020

February 26, 2020
There are two types of justice work. One seeks to give people equal access to...
February 17, 2020
Our experiences determine not only the questions we ask but also the answers we get...
February 14, 2020
“What is needed for empowered, privileged Christians who support a corrupt administration today to follow...
February 12, 2020
In Spirit, Jesus' teachings on patriarchy and divorce call us to reject seeing anyone as...
February 10, 2020
Interpretations are not eternal. They change with time. As we see the harmful fruit of...
February 07, 2020
If you believe God loves someone, justice for them isn’t far behind. Love for those...
February 05, 2020
Where do you see establishment push back against a vision of future society that is...
February 03, 2020
"I agree with Robinson. Jesus' vision for the world was one where people took care...

January 2020

January 31, 2020
“This I believe is the genius of the ethic of enemy love that Jesus and...
January 29, 2020
I’m not sure what Christianity’s future is. But I do believe that, to the best...
January 27, 2020
A resurrection that doesn’t follow standing with those on the undersides and edges of society...
January 24, 2020
“First, this ethic does not mean that we should expect reconciliation without change or reparations...
January 22, 2020
When those in power choose to threaten crosses for those standing up to systemic injustice,...
January 20, 2020
"I don’t believe that this suffering is good and I don’t believe that we must...
January 17, 2020
Some may cry unfair when others receive more, yet if this “more than” is based...
January 15, 2020
"Today we have to ask which voices are we refusing to listen to? Which voices...
January 13, 2020
"If a person is already being shamed and humiliated, they are already experiencing humiliation from...
January 10, 2020
Luke’s narratives about Jesus, beginning with the Christmas narratives, ultimately offer hope for those society...
January 08, 2020
What can we learn from the passages above? It’s a lamentation that applies to all...
January 06, 2020
What would it look like for us to work toward a world shaped by equity,...

December 2019

December 23, 2019
“In the new world that we are shaping, if any are left in “outer darkness,”...
December 20, 2019
"In Luke’s birth-narrative, Jesus is both the Davidic Messiah who converges with Judaism and the...
December 18, 2019
“Aristotle also saw this same truth: ‘Poverty is the cause of the defects of democracy....
December 16, 2019
Was Jesus’ leaven good or evil for his time and culture? The answer to that...
December 13, 2019
Seen in their original context, Luke’s birth narratives for Jesus subvert the Roman economic, political,...
December 11, 2019
Reparative therapy, however, is an attempt to weed out a certain type of person—an LGBTQ...
December 09, 2019
Social location matters. Listening to how certain theologies impact those on the undersides or edges...
December 06, 2019
“The question for those presently at the center is not whether they will include the...
December 04, 2019
Racial tensions have escalated over the past four years. Sexist tensions have escalated. Homophobic and...
December 02, 2019
I don’t believe that we must pass through fire and sword to get to a...
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