Two short videos to reflect on Dr. King.

What if we welcomed our grief today and did not run from it? What if we might find Jesus there, and maybe hope, and maybe even justice?

Is there an injustice that God keeps bringing up to you, inviting you to care about it, to get angry about it, to get involved with it?

Today we look at a third reason why those influenced heavily by White, evangelical theology sanitize the messy parts of scripture: facing reality calls for deep lament, and lament is costly.

Disney Princess Theology (thank you Erna Kim Hackett) is when we always find ourselves relating to the heroes when we read the Bible… even though most assuredly, plenty of the time we should be relating to the oppressors.

There’s a window in the Christmas story - if we’re willing to peer through it - that opens out onto a wide expanse of systemic evil and oppression. It’s uncomfortable, but it’s exactly what God wants us to look at.

Ask God for the grace to think of family in new ways, to expand your vision of who is included at your table, and who could be in your closest circles.

How can we be made without others? How can our healing be complete without being publicly received, affirmed, and blessed?

“Chosen Family” can be a rare and precious gift…

It might be time to assess if you have the kind of friends you can share your heart with…

In this harsh text from Leviticus we see what it’s like to be pushed out of community, and to have that structured into our religion. How do we push against that pushing out?

What if we started the New Year deeply embracing our belovedness? Wouldn’t that change everything?

God loves human bodies… so what are the ways we are called to love our own bodies?

There’s a temptation to separate souls from bodies - but that’s just not how people work. We’re embodied, integrated.

Jesus being born in a stable is not the first time God has come to earth to walk with us. And just maybe God is still open to walking with us now…

The original pilgrimage was God’s, not ours. God has been seeking us out - because we are of great value.

Let’s take a moment to ask for the grace that the Wise Men were given, to see God in the world instead of being to busy to pay attention.

As we wind our way to the manger this weekend, let’s follow Moses’s example and name our wanderings so that we can be even more grateful.

The Magi got close enough to ask for more help. Can we be content with close enough?

God invites us to slow down, especially on weeks like this one.