Jesus' teaching often called The Beatitudes aren't "timeless truths" to make us good people or "promises of comfort for the afterlife." They're a revolutionary resistance announcement. They're about understanding the difference between what's actually evil and what's not. They're about loving our enemies even as we resist. They're about trusting God is with us now in our suffering, not later after we "win." [By Jason Holtgrewe]

If our love has an agenda other than love, is it really love? Thoughts on Jesus washing the discipes' feet, including what it means to "release the outcome" in what we do. [By Jason Holtgrewe]

If our love has an agenda other than love, is it really love? Thoughts on Jesus washing the discipes' feet, including what it means to "release the outcome" in what we do. [By Jason Holtgrewe]

The story of a woman pouring ointment on Jesus' head (or feet) says a lot about how we're to live today, espeically how we're to love one another. [By Jason Holtgrewe]

The story of a woman pouring ointment on Jesus' head (or feet) says a lot about how we're to live today, espeically how we're to love one another. [By Jason Holtgrewe]

Resurrection isn't about the positivity and good feelings of optimism. Resurrection is rather about hope. If optimism avoids of denys the struggle, hope engages it--for it's from the pain, suffering, and violence of the struggle where new life is born. Trusting in resurrection isn't about proving resurrection. Trusting is resurrection is about practicing hope--in this world, right now. [By Jason Holtgrewe]

On Palm Sunday, two processions entered Jeruslam. One was an "empire procession" for a cetain kind of king, another was a "peasant procession" for another kind of king. What kind of procession and what kind of king will we be about? And why did Jesus cry when Jerusalem came into view? [By Jason Holtgrewe]

Resurrection isn't about the positivity and good feelings of optimism. Resurrection is rather about hope. If optimism avoids of denys the struggle, hope engages it--for it's from the pain, suffering, and violence of the struggle where new life is born. Trusting in resurrection isn't about proving resurrection. Trusting is resurrection is about practicing hope--in this world, right now. [By Jason Holtgrewe]

On Palm Sunday, two processions entered Jeruslam. One was an "empire procession" for a cetain kind of king, another was a "peasant procession" for another kind of king. What kind of procession and what kind of king will we be about? And why did Jesus cry when Jerusalem came into view? [By Jason Holtgrewe]

Resurrection isn't about the positivity and good feelings of optimism. Resurrection is rather about hope. If optimism avoids of denys the struggle, hope engages it--for it's from the pain, suffering, and violence of the struggle where new life is born. Trusting in resurrection isn't about proving resurrection. Trusting is resurrection is about practicing hope--in this world, right now. [By Jason Holtgrewe]