If any are excluded in the just world we are working towards and creating, it will intrinsically be those who practice exclusion today. Read more
If any are excluded in the just world we are working towards and creating, it will intrinsically be those who practice exclusion today. Read more
When we label someone as a weed, we never make it our practice to let them be. We always set out at once to weed them out. Read more
When a problematic passage only appears in one gospel, it gives me pause. We don’t need to throw it out, but handle it with the utmost care. Read more
These examples of community are deeply committed to democracy and also have strong social commitments to one another. Read more
Every member of the community held a mutual commitment, sharing what they could to ensure everyone was cared for. Read more
Of all the temptations that could have been mentioned, the obstruction and deceitfulness of wealth is the one named. Read more
By ignoring nuance they are setting themselves up to always be destined to exhibit “deeds” that mix life-giving and death-dealing practices. Read more
The more one reads the Bible, the more one encounters passages in the scriptures that are life-giving and passages that are death-dealing. Read more
It’s for us to discern whether what we think is wisdom has produced deeds that are life-giving or death dealing. Read more
And rather than developing stalwart, privatized systems of self-sufficiency, this points toward toward building community committed to care. Read more