Jesus returns every time we forgive ourselves and others, love unconditionally, extend mercy, offer compassion, act with loving-kindness, feed the hungry, protect the oppressed, heal the sick, visit the prisoner, speak truth to power, make peace, seek reconciliation,...
Christians profess that we should take up our cross and follow Jesus. Instead, we are making crosses for future generations to carry. from "Global Warming is Here and it is Getting Worse"
Christ's greatest commandment wasn't "convert your neighbor." It was "love your neighbor." If love becomes conditional... If love is reduced to an evangelistic tool... If love becomes just another way of making people be just like us... We've deeply misunderstood the...
The American flag has been used like the image of the alabaster Jesus, a term coined by cultural critic James Baldwin. Jesus wasn’t born American, Christian or with pale pigmentation. White Jesus and the American flag started showing up in places of worship after the...
God didn’t intend for our peace to be based upon our commonalities or our common affinities for certain things. God never planned our peace to be based upon our preferences, dining habits, or style of dress. Jesus is our peace! And if we don’t have enough Jesus to...
For some Christians... The Bible is only authoritative when they interpret it. Freedom is only for everyone until they say it isn't. Oppression is only real when they feel it. Justice is only fair when it favors them. Capitalism is king until socialism profits them....
During an era when religious institutions used theology and Scripture to malign and reject others, Jesus accepted and included Gentiles, the poor, the sick, women, Samaritans, Romans, children, and many others who were outcasts and oppressed. Being inclusive and...
Working for social justice is a spiritual decision to follow Jesus.
It is no use to say that we are born 2000 years too late to give room to Christ. Nor will those who live at the end of the world have been born too late. Christ is always with us, always asking for room in our hearts.
The Southern Baptist Convention is wrong. Women are worthy of God's calling and find freedom in Jesus Christ. Women are created in the image of the boundless and limitless God.