The Advent of Upheaval
What if God is still primarily at work among the powerless and oppressed in our societies? This is where we should look for the Messiah this advent.
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Category: Jesus
Christianity: An Ongoing Revolution
Christianity is an ongoing and slow revolution: a series of person-by-person, group-by-group interactions. Do we have the patience for that?
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Learning to Stop
The Sabbath literally means “to stop.” How do I practice stopping in my own life, so that I can experience life-giving encounters with Christ?
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What Sabbath Looks like as a Person of Color
As a person of color, I can look to Jesus when I experience racial fatigue. He created sacred space to rest and practice self-care, and so should I.
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Did Jesus Laugh?
We will not see the full picture of Jesus if we do not recognize him as a person of deep and abiding joy, as a man who laughed and enjoyed fellowship with others.
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A Recipe for Hospitality
We can extend hospitality, whether we’re rolling lumpia or serving ravioli. We can be vessels to “taste and see that the Lord is good” (Psalm 34:8)
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The Sacred Table
Everything doesn’t have to be perfect in my home to share God’s love. Hospitality isn’t about your house—it’s about your heart.
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The Ministry of Food
In Luke 14 at the house of a Pharisee, we see that Jesus uses food as a tool to minister to others, to heal aching hearts and feed souls.
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5 Myths and 1 Important Truth about Grief
We can’t fit grief into a box or a series of stages. We need to lean into the unique experiences of individuals who are grieving.
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The Sheer Ordinariness of Jesus’ Birth
The ordinariness of Jesus’ birth is good news for us. It reminds us that Jesus accepts us because of and in spite of our lowly estate.
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Skepticism and the Birth of Christ
Simply because we detect incongruities in the Christmas story with our modern understanding of history and astrophysics, doesn’t make it less inherently true.
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Jesus, our true Prince, brings Peace
We can rest assured that our true prince is a prince of peace. No matter what is happening around us politically, Jesus’ true peace can reign in our hearts.
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