5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they …
The Moral Governor (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 I made the audacious claim that the privileged inherit most of the power and the powerful end up with most of the privileges. If power corrupts then privilege is blind. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There’s something I call a “moral governor” that the privileged and powerful must acquire …
Resisting Racism and Other Injustices the Jesus Way
An older white guy wearing a red 'MAGA' hat asked my friend the other day, "Were you one of the NIGGERS rioting in Oakland last night?" Troubling times. Very troubling. Solutions anyone? Martin Luther King Junior offered his own solution to troubling times called, “Nonviolence and Racial Justice,” which was printed in the Christian Century …
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A Comic, a Candidate, and a Few Bad Cops
What Do They Have in Common? “Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.” Wendell Berry The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. Proverbs 29:7 I offer these brief thoughts as sort of an addendum to my previous posts called, “What Should …
What does Jesus Want From Me? (Part 2 of 2)
The Rich Young Ruler walked away unhappy that Jesus wasn’t offering eternal life on his terms. Jesus told him what he had to give up to follow him and he wasn’t up for it. He preferred his demon-imbued idol named Mammon to following the Son of God. Now let’s contrast that incident with the story …
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