Our reading turns hierarchical ways of structuring our communities upside down, defining leaders as being servants the community's needs. Read more
Our reading turns hierarchical ways of structuring our communities upside down, defining leaders as being servants the community's needs. Read more
Don’t passively endure suffering. Don’t give in when others try to persuade us to patiently endure rather than speaking out. Read more
Passively enduring suffering doesn’t give life. Life is found in our active resistance and struggle against suffering and injustice. Read more
Whatever we make of the claim of messiah today, we must be intentional about holding any interpretation in a life-giving way for everyone. Read more
Today we need more than magical cures that enable people to do better in our economy’s game. We need a world where we all win together. Read more
Intersectionality is such a rich lens through which to relate to this Jesus story as we consider how it may inform our justice work today. Read more
The first story is of a Greek woman who approaches Jesus on behalf of her daughter who is possessed. There’s a lot to unpack in this story. Read more
Consent is an egalitarian discussion. It doesn’t privilege any gender above another, or penalize one while ignoring others. Read more
This was not a health practice. Hand washing was being used by those in power to define people and their standing in the community. Read more
They were just one of many religio-political groups in the first century using morality debates to compete for social authority. Read more
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