Holding the Hot Potato
When Jesus told parables, he often avoided straightforward hero/villain figures. The prodigal son and his brother, the shrewd manager, the unjust judge — Jesus generally gives us surprisingly complex characters to wrestle with in his short stories. But the unforgiving debtor: obviously a bad guy.* He receives the mercy of the king, and then turns […]
Long Road to Justice
Having just spent a day in Memphis, Tennessee, I am reminded of how much of our shared experience has been an impulse towards justice – and how much has been retrenchment into the compulsion for control to benefit a few. The day was one of contrasts. In the morning, staff from the appropriately named Hope Credit […]
Spirit of Truth
This Spring, glorious as it is, I often seem to be stuck in sad emotions and the inability to move forward in making decisions about the future. I awaken each day with a practice of remembering my identity as a beloved child of God, intending to stay conscious of the “we-ness” of approaching each moment. Yet I […]
Made for Freedom – May 9, 2023
“We are not made for resignation. Passive acceptance is not the code written into our spirit. If that were true, as a species, we would have vanished long ago. Instead, for millennia, we have shaken off the temptation to simply accept reality and the demand that we bend the knee, and we have stood up to […]
