The good news is that hate doesn’t have the last word. We can choose love and life as the last word for our stories too. Read more
The good news is that hate doesn’t have the last word. We can choose love and life as the last word for our stories too. Read more
Whatever we make of these reports today, the lessons in these stories’ emphasis are not from Jesus’ dying but in the undoing of his death. Read more
The original good news of the gospel was not that someone had died. It was about life and love, not death and dying. Read more
Love can conquer hate, and, in the end, justice, love and life will have the last word. No matter how hopeless the present moment, our story isn’t over yet. Read more
This prioritizes the oppressor’s or abuser’s need for redemption over and above the rights of those being harmed, included in losing their most basic right: to simply exist and live. Read more
Our reading has a history of justifying death or abuse for those in marginalized social locations or in predatory personal relationships. Read more
You can’t love others and not care about being socially engaged in the areas they suffer from the way our society is shaped. Read more
It doesn’t matter which of these ditches we fall into. Our beliefs should make us a more socially engaged in relation to our world today. Read more
We must begin with honesty about how either of these two focuses can divert our attention from being socially engaged. Read more
It’s not that simple when our stories offer two different options. We have to take some personal responsibility. We have to actually decide. Read more
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