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The Parable of the Talents: A Call to Justice, Not Capitalism

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When Justice Takes Too Long

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When Leadership Becomes Self Serving

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Questioning Our Confession

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Render Unto Caesar

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A Wedding Banquet and Participating in Justice

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Who Owns the Vineyard? Jesus and the Politics of Justice

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Actions Over Words

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The Last Shall Be First

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Liberation Shared

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Working Together for Liberation and Justice

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When Solidarity Comes with a Personal Cost

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Peter’s Confession and the Hope of Just World

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Learning to Learn From a Canaanite Woman

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Walking on the Sea of Galilee and Standing Up to Injustice

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Justice Lessons from the Feeding of the Five Thousand

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Parables of Justice, Compassion, and Inclusion

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Parables that Harm

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Justice Lessons of the Sower and the Seed

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Society as Children in a Market and Societal Rest

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Welcoming Prophets and the Justice Implications of a Cup of Cold Water

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The Cost of Compassion

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The Harvest Is Great, the Laborers Few

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A Tax Collector, A Marginalized Woman, and A Sleeping Girl

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The Great Commission, Doubt, and Post-Colonialism

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Lessons from Pentecost

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Luke’s Ascension Story and Our Justice Work Today

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The Promise of the Holy Spirit

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Justice Lessons from the Gospel of John

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The Imagery of a Good Shepherd

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The Road We Walk When Our Hopes Have Been Deeply Disappointed

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When Doubt Leads to a More Tangible Experience

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The Resurrection and Our Hope for Liberation

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Justice Lessons from the Final Scenes of the Gospel Stories

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A Story of Hope for our Present Moment

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Justice Lessons From Being Expelled

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Justice Lessons at the Well

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Nicodemus Visits Jesus

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The Temptations of Jesus and Our Justice Work Today

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Justice Lessons from the Transfiguration

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Extra: Tribulation Survival Guide: How To Stay Alive When Everything Else Is Dead with Stuart Delony

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Salt, Light, a City on a Hill and a Justice Oriented Faith

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The Beatitudes in the Context of Social Justice

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Following the Way of Love and Justice in this New Year

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Another World is Possible

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Jesus’ Baptism as Alignment with a Movement for Justice

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New Beginnings and Our Justice Work Today

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Christmas as Critique of Complicity with Empire

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Advent as Good News for the Marginalized

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Clearing a Path for Justice

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The Liberation at the Heart of Advent

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A Political Execution: Beyond Atoning Sacrifice

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A World that is Just, Safe, and Compassionate for All

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A Gospel About the Living Rather than the Dead

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The Social Vision of the Gospel

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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

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Persisting in Spite of Unjust Obstruction

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The Ten Lepers and Christian Xenophobia

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The Christian Normalization of Social Evils

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The Rich Man, Lazarus and Justice

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The Parable of the Dishonest Manager

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Sheep, Coins, and a Preferential Option for the Marginalized

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Hating One’s Family

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Humility, Inclusion, Power and Privilege

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Christianity, Liberation and Justice

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When Justice Means Division

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Bending Our World’s Moral Arc Toward Justice

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The Moral Dilemma and Challenge of Wealth

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A Prayer For Liberation

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Mary, Martha and Gender Equality

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Who Is My Neighbor

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Dependency and the Community of Justice

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Caring for Those Outside the Tribe

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The Gerasenes and the Current Migrant Crisis

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I Have Much More to Say to You

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Pentecost and Social Justice

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Carrying on the Work of Love and Justice

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The Jesus Story and Living with Disabilities

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Loving One Another and Distributive Justice

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A Shepherd Restoring Paradise

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Justice Work is Holy Work

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So Send I You

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The Original Good News of Easter

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Peace Through Justice Doesn’t Need A War Horse

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Mary, Christian Patriachy and the Existence of Poverty

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We Won’t Be Great Until Everyone Is Great

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Social Repentance Not Private Piety

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The Courage to Stand Up to Harm

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The Temptations and the Rise of Authoritarianism in America

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Lessons of Justice from the Transfiguration

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Insights on Turning the Other Cheek, Enemy Love, and Judging Others

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The Blessing and Cursing of the Gospel

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Fishing for People and Speaking Truth to Power

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Confronting the Discomfort of Our History and Our Present

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A Gospel of Economic Justice

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Water, Wine and Human Beings Fully Alive

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Spirit, Love, Justice and Truth

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Wisdom and Understanding Give Birth to Social Justice

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Mary’s Magnificat and the Intersection of Faith and Social Justice

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Advent and Justice Toward One Another