The Politics of Belovedness—John 15:9-17
Only when we truly believe that Black Lives Matter, when we learn to lay down the privilege of whiteness before a God who delights in Blackness, can we understand what it means to be God’s beloved.
View ArticleThe Politics of Military Consumerism—1 Samuel 8:4-20
1 Samuel 8:4-20 illustrates how fear of vague enemies can lead to the development of a military-industrial complex and fuel the domination of rich elites of the mass of a people. Against this stands...
View ArticleThe Politics of Downward Mobility—John 6:1-21
Jesus's example in resisting the crowd's desire to make him a king following his feeding of the five thousand is a challenge to a Church that so often pursues political power. It presents us with a...
View ArticleThe Politics of White Supremacy—Ephesians 6:10-20
Although the Apostle Paul's discussion of our struggle against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers, and spiritual forces of evil in heavenly places may strike many readers as a relic of a primitive...
View ArticleThe Politics of Empowerment—Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29
In Numbers 11 the power of leadership that had formerly been concentrated in Moses was spread more widely among the people. This vision of the diffusion of leadership throughout the body politic is one...
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