Truth telling will always carry consequences, some beneficial and others difficult to bear. Read more
Truth telling will always carry consequences, some beneficial and others difficult to bear. Read more
The phrase “Speak Truth to Power” has its origins in the American Friends Service Committee in 1955. Yet the idea is ancient. Here are a few examples. Read more
This story is an example of a familiar theme in the Hebrew prophets. Read more
we take responsibility for taking care of one another, not to establish dependency, but because we already are dependent on one another. Read more
In our context, American capitalistic individualism and independence, which too often masquerade as freedom, dependence as a good thing and a life-giving ethic for human thriving may be a bit difficult to get our minds around. Read more
What does it actually mean for the empire of God to come? It begins with a knock at the door. On the stoop stand two itinerant beggars, with no purse, no knapsack, no shoes, no staff. Read more
In the end, both parties receive what they need. But to arrive there, Jesus chose a preferential option for a nameless woman forced to live on the outside of her community, over prioritizing the named leader that typically would have received the priority over others. Read more
But the story actually prioritizes and centers this marginalized woman over the named, male, synagogue leader. Read more
The contrasting social locations of these recipients of Jesus’ work is one of the most consequential comparisons for our justice work today. Read more
We don’t need a peace that is only a passive lull in our struggle for equality. We need a peace that is the fruit of an established justice; not a stilling of the voice of those crying out for justice that we need; we need a stilling of the forces that threaten those lives daily. Read more
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