Beware when you see those in power using law and order rhetoric used to maintain power, position, control, and political office. Read more
September 23, 2020
Jesus and Law and Order (Part 2 of 3)
September 23, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
Jesus’ solidarity with those on the margins reached a critical breaking point with Jesus’ protest in the courtyard of the temple. The temple was the political, economic, and religious symbol of the temple state of his own society. Read more
September 22, 2020
Jesus and Law and Order (Part 1 of 3)
September 22, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
Jesus here is announcing that God’s just future is decidedly for those the present system makes last. Jesus’ announcement is that the last will be first. Read more
September 18, 2020
What a Just Future Requires (Part 3 of 3)
September 18, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
Although everyone was invited to the event in the parable of Matthew 22, the event itself required certain attire. And a just future requires a certain something too: the inclusive, just, equitable passion for making our world safe for everyone, the desire to make sure we all thrive together. Read more
September 16, 2020
What a Just Future Requires (Part 2 of 3)
September 16, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
Throughout U.S. history, the elites have repeatedly fanned the flames of racially charged bigotry to divide the lower class. Read more
September 15, 2020
What a Just Future Requires (Part 1 of 3)
September 15, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
I used to interpret this parable differently than I do today. When we read this parable from the perspective of those oppressed, subjugated, or pushed to the margins of society, certain things begin to stand out. Read more
September 11, 2020
Not Everyone Is In Need (Part 3 of 3)
September 11, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
The rhetoric and movement of Black Lives Matter is the same preferential option for the oppressed as practiced by the Jesus of the gospels. Read more
September 9, 2020
Not Everyone Is In Need (Part 2 of 3)
September 9, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
The word preferential denotes a preference. Option denotes a deliberate choice to stand with one side over and against the harm being done to them and those who would perpetuate that harm. Read more
September 8, 2020
Not Everyone Is In Need (Part 1 of 3)
September 8, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
This is the ethic of preference or priority we see in the passage above from Mark’s gospel. This ethic in Mark can apply just as equally to those being harmed today by systemic, societal sicknesses. Read more
September 3, 2020
Enough for Us All (Part 3 of 3)
September 3, 2020 By Herb Montgomery
There is enough manna for everyone. It belongs to all of us, as a gift. Stop standing in the way of others’ thriving. Believe that your own thriving is dependent on theirs. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Read more
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