We must not seek the Child Jesus in the pretty figures of our Christmas cribs. We must seek him among the undernourished children who have gone to bed at night with nothing to eat...
02327 – Seeking Jesus Among Children
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02326 – Women & Jesus
Unlike other men, Jesus spoke freely to women in public. He taught theology to women. He had women as disciples or followers. He was clear that women would be active participants in the work of his kingdom from Gender Roles and the People of God: Rethinking What We...
02306 – What Good is It?
What good is it that Christ was born [2,000] years ago if he is not born now in your heart?
02287 – Good News to the Hungry: Bread
I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person. When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry...
02279 – Tragically Flawed by Our Self-Centeredness
The scriptural telling begins with how tragically flawed we are by our self-centeredness – Adam blaming Eve, Cain bashing Abel – and how slow we are to realize it – Samson with Delilah, David with Bathsheba.... But one day a man named Jesus appeared out of nowhere who...
02274 – Christ Comes Uninvited
Into this world, this demented inn in which there is absolutely no room at all, Christ comes uninvited.
02273 – Christ in Disguise
It would be foolish to pretend that it is always easy to remember [that Christ is present in the ordinary stranger]. . . . If Mary had appeared in Bethlehem clothed, as St. John says, with the sun, a crown of twelve stars on her head, and the moon under her feet...
02270 – The Christ-Child is Here, Waiting
The reality of Advent isn't that we are waiting for the birth of the Christ-Child. The Christ-Child is here and is waiting for us to come. He is crying out to us from the border. He is calling to us from the voices of the poor. He is shouting out to us from prison.
02266 – God’s Engagement in Historical Struggle
Jesus Christ needs to be understood more realistically than as a high ideal that we try to apply to historical reality. Jesus Christ was deeply engaged in historical struggle. Jesus is the revelation of God’s engagement in historical struggle. from A Thicker Jesus
02256 – God with Us…Always
Immanuel means ‘God with us.’ And not in the sense that God just showed up or arrived on the scene. A thousand times no. In spite of the fact it changed everything, the birth of Jesus didn’t technically create a new reality for God or us; rather, it was simply and...