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Apache Stronghold’s rooted resistance
The fight to protect Oak Flat is not just about a single holy site. It is about recovering our bond with the land.
Apache Stronghold’s rooted resistance
The fight to protect Oak Flat is not just about a single holy site. It is about recovering our bond with the land.
Apache Stronghold’s rooted resistance
The fight to protect Oak Flat is not just about a single holy site. It is about recovering our bond with the land.
Apache Stronghold’s rooted resistance
The fight to protect Oak Flat is not just about a single holy site. It is about recovering our bond with the land.
Apache Stronghold’s rooted resistance
The fight to protect Oak Flat is not just about a single holy site. It is about recovering our bond with the land.
Becoming manna
There’s a connection between a desire to care and the offer of food. We’re committed to each other’s survival.
Becoming manna
There’s a connection between a desire to care and the offer of food. We’re committed to each other’s survival.
In the Bible, gender is not binary
The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.
In the Bible, gender is not binary
The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.
Ten Commandments, zero context
Many lawmakers want to see the commandments displayed in public schools. Are they also interested in the Hebrew Bible’s ethical demands?
Ten Commandments, zero context
Many lawmakers want to see the commandments displayed in public schools. Are they also interested in the Hebrew Bible’s ethical demands?
Ten Commandments, zero context
Many lawmakers want to see the commandments displayed in public schools. Are they also interested in the Hebrew Bible’s ethical demands?
Ten Commandments, zero context
Many lawmakers want to see the commandments displayed in public schools. Are they also interested in the Hebrew Bible’s ethical demands?
Ten Commandments, zero context
Many lawmakers want to see the commandments displayed in public schools. Are they also interested in the Hebrew Bible’s ethical demands?
March 2, Transfiguration (Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a))
Peter, James, and John are all of us.
Made to be broken
Sometimes the harm caused by breaking a promise is less than the harm caused by keeping it.
June 9, Ordinary 10B (1 Samuel 8:4–20, [11:14–15])
Samuel is a good leader, until he isn’t.
June 9, Ordinary 10B (1 Samuel 8:4–20, [11:14–15])
Samuel is a good leader, until he isn’t.
Where are the children in liberation theologies?
Child advocate R. L. Stollar seeks to help people read the Bible in ways that protect and honor children.
Reading scripture through the experience of disability
Julia Watts Belser sees in the Torah a God who is in love with the creative possibilities of difference.