How Not to Love Your Enemy – June 29, 2022
“Enemies are potent and formidable. They cause real damage to those who fall into their crosshairs. But in Christianity we do not resolve enmity by destroying our foes or finding middle ground with them. Instead, Jesus ushers in a different system – a new way of living that changes the order of power itself.” –Melissa […]
Curious Ways – June 28, 2022
“[People who follow Jesus] have enemies in particular and curious ways, ways that do not makes sense within the structures of violent power-keeping around us. Instead, we are a people who have set down our lives within the reconciliation of all things… We love our enemies when we extend an invitation to a form of […]
Having Enemies
Most of us will admit that there are parts of the Bible we skip over – all the “begats,” particularly dry parts of Leviticus, the confusing imagery of Revelation. But I pay pretty close attention to the gospels, which is why it was surprising that this brief vignette at the beginning of today’s passage* was […]
A Troubled Heart
Today, as I write this, the newsfeed is filled with the aftermath of yet another shooting at a school, where 19 little children and two adults were killed and a lot of others wounded. I want to scream, “What goes through the mind of someone that makes it ok to shoot at little children?” Instead, […]