Love is a traditional theme during Advent. In the gospels, love holds the most concrete meaning for me when spoken of in the context of justice. Read more
Love is a traditional theme during Advent. In the gospels, love holds the most concrete meaning for me when spoken of in the context of justice. Read more
May all things death-dealing be burned up like chaff with fire that cannot be quenched. May all things life-giving be gathered up and cherished. Read more
Change comes from the bottom up and outside in. To put it in our language today, change begins with the grassroots. Read more
The margins are the places where liberation faith and hope are renewed and where change in history begins. Read more
I understand why a reversal would have resonated with the original audience of our passage, and today, we can do better. Read more
Herb Montgomery, director of Renewed Heart Ministries, is an author and adult religious re-educator helping Christians explore the intersection of their faith with love, compassion, action, and societal justice. Read more
In this Advent narrative, all violence, injustice, and imperial oppression is finally answered for as a just future breaks in. Read more
Life can overcome death. Love can overcome hate. Justice and compassion can overcome wrongs even when those wrongs have the backing of the propertied, powerful, and privileged. Read more
The story we read this week is ultimately a story of hope, a story of ups and downs, victories and defeats, and defeats undone. Read more
In the story, the crucifixion was an unjust act of state violence, an act God responds to by undoing it. Read more
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