Where do you see establishment push back against a vision of future society that is more distributively just, today? Maybe these passages can offer us some encouragement as we stand up to injustice. Read more
February 3, 2020
Jesus’ More Unpopular Economic Teachings
February 3, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
“I agree with Robinson. Jesus’ vision for the world was one where people took care of people. It was a call not to rest your peace of mind about the future in hoarded wealth. When we have to choose between more wealth or people, Jesus called us to choose people.” Read more
January 31, 2020
The Ethic of Enemy Love (Part 2)
January 31, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
“This I believe is the genius of the ethic of enemy love that Jesus and many others in history have taught. Rightly understood, it enables one to stand up to one’s enemies while not becoming like them.” Read more
January 29, 2020
Trump, White Christianity and the Parable of Insipid Salt
January 29, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
I’m not sure what Christianity’s future is. But I do believe that, to the best of our ability, we must rediscover the gospel Jesus himself taught, not merely a gospel about him. We must then take these teachings and weight their fruit, asking what they may offer our work of love, compassion, and justice, today. Read more
January 27, 2020
The Kind of Resurrection I Want No Part Of
January 27, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
A resurrection that doesn’t follow standing with those on the undersides and edges of society isn’t authentic resurrection as defined by the Jesus story. If Christianity does not discover how to stand with women, people of color, immigrants, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming people, it’s not a Christianity I want to be a part of. Read more
January 24, 2020
The Ethic of Enemy Love (Part 1)
January 24, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
“First, this ethic does not mean that we should expect reconciliation without change or reparations from our enemies . . . To expect the victims of violence to reconcile with their oppressors in the midst of ongoing oppression, even when the injustice is systemic, is in itself violent.” Read more
January 22, 2020
Taking Up One’s Cross and the Myth of Redemptive Suffering
January 22, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
When those in power choose to threaten crosses for those standing up to systemic injustice, don’t let go. Keep holding on to hope even in the face of impossible odds. Keep holding on to life—resist. Read more
January 20, 2020
Being Rejected By Family
January 20, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
“I don’t believe that this suffering is good and I don’t believe that we must pass through fire and sword to get to a world that is safe, just, and compassionate for everyone. I do believe that when those threatened by a just world do raise their swords or threaten us with a cross, we should stand up anyway, even if those opposing us are relatives.” Read more
January 17, 2020
When Equality Means Some Are Given More Than Others
January 17, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
Some may cry unfair when others receive more, yet if this “more than” is based on what they need is more than what others may need to thrive, then fairness takes on a more wholistic, less shallow definition. Read more
January 15, 2020
We’re In This Together
January 15, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
“Today we have to ask which voices are we refusing to listen to? Which voices are we not heeding? Who are we in our stubbornness ignoring . . . Whether we acknowledge the truth of our reality or not, we are already, all of us, in this together.” Read more
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