Nicodemus risks seeing Jesus to ask about his Way. Nicodemus is a wealthy member of the Sanhedrin. Their way is to oppose Jesus and they claim the right to condemn. Jesus tells Nicodemus, “God so loved the world as to give the fully begotten One… not to condemn the world, but that the world might … Continue reading “Indigenous Risks”
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Making Noise for the Sake of Humanity
“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were.” We are conceived from the noise of lovemaking. We are born from the noise of childbirth. We … Continue reading “Making Noise for the Sake of Humanity”
The Last Thing We Do
Luke writes the Acts of the Apostles after he wrote his Gospel. He begins Acts with Jesus saying goodbye. The last thing Jesus does before Luke records his departure via Ascension is to empower the disciples, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses… to the … Continue reading “The Last Thing We Do”
A Mother’s Spirit
Jesus tells disciples, “An Advocate is to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows this Spirit. But you know this Spirit, because the Spirit remains with you, and will be in you.” Wisdom guides like Jesus are free, wild. They are therefore subversive. … Continue reading “A Mother’s Spirit”
Works of Serving
Jesus has just finished serving disciples at table, which has included washing their feet. He goes on to encourage them to continue his works, “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these.” Jesus was a poor man who served … Continue reading “Works of Serving”
Being a Caring Shepherd
Jesus tells listeners a caring “shepherd walks ahead of the sheep, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice.” Jesus warns listeners about life’s “thieves and robbers.” “A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy.” Do youth, specifically gender dysphoric and trans youth, have wisdom figures who care about them?” Are … Continue reading “Being a Caring Shepherd”
Arresting Intelligence (AI)
Soon after Jesus’ murder, “two of his disciples were walking to a village seven miles” away and “were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them.” ‘Conversing about all the things that had occurred.’ Conversing about such … Continue reading “Arresting Intelligence (AI)”
Moving Through Locked Doors
“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, afraid, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.” Moving through locked doors, opening them for … Continue reading “Moving Through Locked Doors”
Hope
“On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to Jesus’ tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark and saw the stone removed from the tomb.” “They saw the burial cloths … and the cloth that had covered his head… rolled up in a separate place.” “They did not yet … Continue reading “Hope”
Consistent Ethic of Life: Human Rights
“After Pilate had Jesus scourged, he handed him over to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus.. and gathered the whole cohort around him… and threw a scarlet military cloak about him and… kept striking him on the head… and led him off to crucify him… (at) a place called Golgotha —which … Continue reading “Consistent Ethic of Life: Human Rights”