What's going with Jesus and the tempter in the wilderness? Join M as they dig into how the tempations are readying Jesus for the work to come.

This Lent, #TheWordIsResistance crew will be focusing on pushing back on antisemitic and anti-Jewish interpretations of the lectionary gospel readings. For more resources on fighting antisemitism, go here: bit.ly/CounterASResources

Transcript available here: https://surj.org/our-work/surj-faith/twir/

What happens when we read the Ash Wednesday gospel selection in the context of ashes? Join Sharon Fennema in considering what ash makes possible, and what they can teach us about fighting antisemitism.

This Lent, the Word Is Resistance crew will be focusing on pushing back on antisemitic and anti-Jewish interpretations of the lectionary gospel readings. For more resources on fighting antisemitism, go here: https://bit.ly/CounterASResources

Transcript available here: https://surj.org/our-work/surj-faith/twir/

In the Transfiguration story, Jesus meets his ancestors to resource him for the fight to come. Nichola Torbett reminds us that our ancestors are familial, spiritual, and also the land itself, and that we as white christians can and must also call on our ancestors to resource us in these challenging times.

Transcript available here: https://surj.org/our-work/surj-faith/twir/

Contrary to what we are traditionally taught about Matthew 5:21-37, Jesus is honoring and deepening Torah: teaching his community how to fulfill it, not abolish it. Join Rev. Kelsey Beebe to learn more about what Jesus is actually up to in this part of the Sermon on the Mount, and how that can help us as white Christians committed to anti-racism.

Transcript available here: https://surj.org/our-work/surj-faith/twir/

What does it mean to be the "salt of the earth" and the "light of the world," in Jesus's teaching in Matthew 5? Join Nichola Torbett in this exploration of how white folks can remember and recover our own saltiness as we navigate towards freedom.

Transcript with action links available here: https://surj.org/our-work/surj-faith/twir/

What happens when we crack through surface readings of the Beatitudes that seem to mean we're supposed to just be nice and not complain? Join Rev. Anne Dunlap as she explores this famous and often sanitized set of teachings from Jesus.

Transcript available here: https://surj.org/our-work/surj-faith/twir/

Info and action to #StopCopCity and demand justice for Tortuguita available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UNZfP4CKioMhDev6iZtRnMUspLk54awl0jswxHAvsDo/edit?usp=sharing

The New Testament readings this week seem to be about "unity." But it doesn’t take much time looking at things from an anti-racist, anti-oppression lens to see that the value of “unity” has been used to cover all manner of sins. “Unity” in one area often tempts people to deepen division in others, and so often this trends in favor of institutional and systemic power. Join Rev. Sarah Howell-Miller in finding practices of unity that don't actually divide.

Transcript available here: https://surj.org/our-work/surj-faith/twir/

Join Rev. Jean Jeffress as they nerd out on the Magi, looking at the story from a literary perspective, and anwering the question, why were they needed for us to know who Jesus is?

Focus passage Matthew 2:1-12

Join the Rev. Liz Kearny as she immerses us in the story of King Herod, the magi, the holy family and their communities in Matthew 2. Find yourself in the narrative and ask, “What choices can I make today to resist empire wherever I am? What decisions in my daily life will add to our collective movement towards liberation?"

Transcript available here: https://surj.org/our-work/surj-faith/twir/

Join Nichola Torbett for an exploration of the ways that patriarchy and white supremacy contribute to lovelessness in our body politic and what it means for love to be born anew amidst all of that. The focus scripture is Joseph's dream in Matthew 1: 18-25.