A harvest metaphor makes a lot more sense given that context. In the Hebrew scriptures, the harvest was associated with justice. Read more
A harvest metaphor makes a lot more sense given that context. In the Hebrew scriptures, the harvest was associated with justice. Read more
To Christians today who want to use political power to make it much more dangerous to be a woman, what does this story say? Read more
In this story, women’s reproductive ability is not their choice but governed by men to meet patriarchal needs. Read more
What is broken and needs healing in a person that causes them to want to harm others politically, economically, or socially? Read more
What are some of these commands that Matthew’s Jesus tells us to obey? The lion share of them are found in Jesus’ sermon on the mount. Read more
Change is a two way street, an exchange. Those we meet, share with, and listen to leave us forever changed as well. Read more
We must be honest about how this passage has been coopted by colonialism that has harmed Indigenous populations around the globe. Read more
One way to redeem this passage is to connect it to John 20. To inhale this Spirit means to exhale justice. Read more
We need a holistic interpretation where people’s spiritual wellbeing is connected to their material economic, political, and social wellbeing. Read more
There is a tendency here to devalue the material, concrete, physical realities in which people suffered and offer instead something ethereal. Read more
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