"I gave my heart up to despair," say the Teacher who also claims all is vanity and there is nothing new under the sun. What might the Teacher in Ecclesiastes have to teach us about despair, and why is that important in the work for dismantling white supremacy?

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Margaret Ernst explores what happens when a unfunded farm worker prophet from the Kingdom of Judah dares to speak up at the capitol building. What might happen when we listen to those that tell the truth at centers of power in our moment in history, and dare to change our lives because of it? Because our problem is not civil disobedience, it’s civil obedience.(Howard Zinn)

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With concentration camps on our border and dire climate projections coming out nearly weekly now, it can be hard to sustain hope. But what if the Kingdom of God really has drawn near, and all we have to do to step into it is to...welcome the stranger who will change everything?

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John Bergen unpacks three stories of oxen, plows, fire, big asks, and leadership.

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Rev. Anne Dunlap asks, what if this story [about the Gerasene Demoniac] is about someone who recognizes they are caught in the middle of Roman imperial power plays, enjoying benefits -- peace, law and order, economic stability -- bought through violence perpetrated against others, and decides they don’t want to be a part of that anymore?

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For Pentecost, Rev. Sarah Jordan digs into the story of the Tower of Babel, looking for the workers’ side of the story, and how God shows up to tear down empire's towers.

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In this episode, contributor Margaret Ernst sings a little, and connects the function of water in texts from Acts and Revelation to global water struggles and environmental racism, from Honduras to Detroit. Take action by supporting the Berta Cáceres Human Rights Act: www.bertacaceres.org.

Why is imperial mainstream Christianity so anxious about replacing and being replaced? How might actually be going on in Acts 11 besides a replacement? John Bergen goes on a rant and then explores some alternatives.

In this week's episode, Nichola Torbett shocks herself with a revelation about Revelation 7: 9-17 that leads her into an extended meditation on love, "ugliness," and surviving apocalypse.

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At the end of John's gospel, Jesus makes breakfast for some of his community by the lakeshore. What can we learn from the grace he offers to Simon Peter in their exchange, which tradition says "undoes" Peter's triple denial of knowing Jesus during his mockery of a trial? Rev. Anne Dunlap offers her reflections.

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