Our reading this week calls to mind times when we have also had to make decisions about speaking out against things we feel are unjust or harmful and facing division or controversy as a result. Read more
Our reading this week calls to mind times when we have also had to make decisions about speaking out against things we feel are unjust or harmful and facing division or controversy as a result. Read more
The struggle in the story is with the economic, political, and social harm being committed against those that society had made vulnerable, and with what should be done in response. Read more
This week's reading can lead us to discussions about things like taxes, wealth limits, redistribution, universal health care and child care, universal basic income, and more. Read more
Instead, we see him teaching a more socialized way of living here on earth that could lift up the marginalized and downtrodden from the harms their society was committing against them. Read more
The first portion of this week’s reading centers on the ethics of resource-sharing and wealth redistribution as a universal expectation. Read more
When we do this, we are creating a new world, setting in motion a world of different quality. Read more
In the story, when we find ourselves with more than what we ourselves need to thrive, then rather than building bigger barns to store that wealth, it is time for something else. Read more
We are socialized by our U.S. culture to be uneasy here. Lean into this discomfort. Read more
The conflict between what we think we are supposed to believe and the way things are causes a deep need for resolution that many never find. Read more
This prayer is a patient expression of longing for some other iteration of our present world. It is a prayer that this world, with all its injustice, violence, and hurt, will be put right. Read more
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