…for a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. In that context, I want to focus…
…ungodly intersections of: property relations on an increasingly capitalist trajectory; deep-seated sexism (see: wives as property); and the patriarchal household as a racialized and colonialist apparatus of control. Somewhere between…
…the search for Christian unity. To take appropriate action in our own particular congregations and beyond to bear Christ witness in the face of contemporary issues. To help the Church…
…could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. 7 “Who among you would say to your slave who has just…
…constituted by a big Subject. For instance, a police officer may be in search of a criminal. When he sees the criminal amidst a crowd, he yells “Hey you!” Typically,…
Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. 2For you yourselves know very well that the day of…
It took more than a year of boycotting, but in December 1956 the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama ended its policy of segregated seating. The leader of the boycott, now…
…boy in search of medical treatment.[4] Widely regarded as one of the darkest days of the Troubles, Bloody Sunday left a legacy of pain that time has not healed. Despite…
…symbolic use of salt in offerings and sacrifice, as well as in sealing God’s covenant with Israel (Numbers 28:19; 2 Chronicles 13:5). In short, when Jesus said, “You are the…
…of the role antagonism plays in dehumanization. It’s not as if Calley harbored deep-seated prejudices against the Vietnamese before the war, the framing of the conflict itself was sufficient to…
…480 BC) and Salamis (sea, 480 BC), and the destruction of Persepolis by Alexander the Great (330 BC), to which one might add the battle of Carrhae (53 BC, between…
…when scripture was written. Even if you removed all of the verses that conservatives use to condemn same-gender relationships you would have to search pretty carefully to find the handful…