Matthew’s version of the transfiguration was intended to inspire the gospel’s original audience with a vision of Jesus as a liberator. Read more
Matthew’s version of the transfiguration was intended to inspire the gospel’s original audience with a vision of Jesus as a liberator. Read more
Jesus as liberation from systemic injustice doesn’t replace Moses. Jesus here is another Moses this time in relation to Roman oppression. Read more
This week’s theme is Transfiguration. What difference does it make to see this story in the spirit of liberation rather than as replacement? Read more
In our rewrite of the sermon on the mount, one thing that should remain is our regard for the concrete harm people are experiencing, today. Read more
This language in the sermon on the mount is warning not of a postmortem experience, but of a distinctly this-life, this-world experience. Read more
Our reading this week from the sermon on the mount gives us a window into the life and concerns of the community for which it was written. Read more
In our own era today, we desperately need to transition to more loving, compassionate, and safe-for-everyone ways of practicing our own faith tradition. Read more
Safe-for-everyone interpretations and practices means change when immense harm has been done by a traditional interpretation. Read more
Safe-for-everyone means that we can do with the Jesus story today what those in the 1st Century were doing with the Torah. Read more
These words are Jesus’ vision for a world here, now, today, where those presently being harmed are harmed no more. Read more
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