"Give us this day our daily bread." - Jesus of Nazareth "But let justice roll down like water and righteousness from an ever-flowing stream." The prophet Amos Creation care is a theological imperative because we can not love our neighbors, either next door or across the globe, by polluting the biosphere. Jesus' prayer for enough …
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Save us!
The story of the tortoise and the hare turns the idea of a race completely on its head. The speedy hare should of course finish first, but shockingly does not, because the slow and steady tortoise maintains focus and triumphs over the arrogant and haughty hare. In like fashion, the four Gospel accounts of Jesus' …
A Lament for today
Yesterday's sermon at the church I recently started to attend was about lament and several verses from different psalms were read. One thing that the pastor said that struck me was something she had recently read about hope and lament -- our hope can only go as high as our lamentations go deep. She went …
A bit about DEI and the Bible
MAGA world collectively has been having a fit over DEI -- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. As I studied the Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership document, the sections I read were rife with anti-DEI language and plans to remove all vestiges of DEI from the federal government. Texas governor Greg Abbott, a MAGA fanboy who is …
Blessed are the merciful
"Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy," said Jesus of Nazareth in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:7. Apparently, the Predator in Chief, our nation's first felonious president, did not get that memo. Nor did his followers, including a so-called pastor named Lorenzo Sewell, who claimed that the Right Reverend Bishop …
Wolves in sheep’s clothing
Recently while doing research for the God Squad pod, I came across a video from Joel Webbon's YouTube channel where he was interviewing Stephen Wolfe. The interview was primarily about Wolfe's book The Case for Christian Nationalism which outlines a racist vision for taking over the American church and implementing a Christofascist government where blasphemy …
Epiphany
Matthew's gospel narrative tells of wise men from the East who went to Jerusalem seeking the the infant Jesus whom they had come to pay homage. In the Christian tradition, this event, the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem to pay homage to the Christ child and bestow gifts upon him, is seen as the …
Sorry Rick, Jesus did not preach “capitalism”
Last week a caller named Rick called in to Tell Me Everything to take me, Desimber Rose, and host John Fugelsang to task. He started by intimating that my status as a Marine Corps veteran was false with a somewhat incoherent non sequitur about the tumble rate of rounds fired from weapons. I don't happen …
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Yes Kim, Jesus was Jewish
Recently, a woman named Kim Iversen, sent out a tweet that has since been seen by over 3.5 million people. She is a media personality, having hosted shows on multiple radio stations, and now finds herself on Rumble the alt-right video platform. In her tweet, Iversen stated that "the notion that Jesus was a Jew …
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