Through stranger, scripture and a meal shared, all things are made new: even us!

Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem resembles a pride parade, and our guy is a clown.

Only a people divorced from Spirit, self and land, indeed, only a culture of dry bones, could engage in colonial violence. Yet even for them, there is hope.

To encounter Jesus is to invite change.

‘Since you’re the son of God,’ says the devilish examiner in Matthew’s story, ‘turn these stones to bread.’ Use your power for your own ends. Whip up a miracle, and feed yourself ...

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Jesus sets out a path of nonviolent resistance to state sanctioned domination and abuse.

Jesus' new community calls for self-awareness, self-regulation and love.

God-stories are anchored to place. So what are our God-stories and how can they charge the landscape? 

What if the Beatitudes describe the school of discipleship? A back-to-school reflection

God calls Joseph to wake up. God demands that he open his eyes to a deeper reality, where love takes priority over obedience to God’s law, and scandal forms the womb of grace.