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Sacrificing our Humanity to Change the World

February 24, 2023
Herb Montgomery
Ecological Justice, Economic Justice, Esights, Feminism, Liberation Theology, Myth of Redemptive Suffering, Womanism

These legends of Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness can still inform the lives of Jesus followers working to shape our world in more just and compassionate ways. We’ll need to interpret them differently than the original audience did, but we can still interpret them in life-giving ways for our society.

When Marriage is Unjust

Herb Montgomery | November 4, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. “In Jesus’ worldview, if marriage was going to perpetuate patriarchal dominance and dependence, then it would be better for both men and…

Faith Based Complicity in Social Harm

Herb Montgomery | October 21, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. “It’s not enough to have our faith community’s stamp of approval on our political engagement. We also have to look at the…

Jesus, Politics, and the Rights of Cis Women, Trans People and Nonbinary Folk

July 15, 2022
Herb Montgomery
Esights, Feminism, Liberation Theology, Womanism

Herb Montgomery | July 15, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. “Luke’s Jesus does not rebuke Mary for taking up space that is often reserved only for men. He, instead, praises her.” Our…

Jesus, and God as Woman

June 3, 2022
Herb Montgomery
Esights, Feminism, Uncategorized, Womanism

Herb Montgomery | June 3, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. “We don’t get to go from exclusively gendering God as male for two thousand years in Christianity to describing God as genderless.…

Social Advocacy

May 20, 2022
Herb Montgomery
Esights, Feminism, Liberation Theology, Womanism

Herb Montgomery | May 20, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. “The facts are that the early Jesus community was comprised of those on the undersides and margins of their society who were…

When Social Justice is Rejected and Spoken of as Evil

February 11, 2022
Herb Montgomery
Economic Justice, Esights, Feminism, Immigration Justice, LGBTQ Affirmation, Liberation Theology, Racial Justice

Herb Montgomery | February 11, 2022 (To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here.) “But things never remain as they are. Change is the nature of reality. We can choose to bend the arc of the…

The Feminist Liberation of Advent

December 17, 2021
Herb Montgomery
Christmas, Esights, Feminism, Liberation Theology

End of Year Matching Donations! 2021 has been a year of big challenges. Doing ministry during an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought its share of change along with moments of heartwarming providence and blessings. As this year is coming to…

Jesus, Patriarchy, and the Wellbeing of Women

Herb Montgomery | October 1, 2021 “I see this passage through a justice-for-women lens where Jesus is more concerned about the wellbeing of women who could be divorced and sent away from their homes with no economic protection within a…

Taking Up Our Crosses, Injustice, and Abuse

September 10, 2021
Herb Montgomery
Esights, Feminism, Liberation Theology, Myth of Redemptive Suffering, Womanism

Herb Montgomery | September 10, 2021 [To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast click Episode 388:Taking Up Our Crosses, Injustice, and Abuse] “Oppressors throughout history have used the concept of ‘taking up one’s cross’ to prioritize themselves over…