Herb Montgomery | June 14, 2019 Photo by Miko Guziuk on Unsplash “What happens when we have to choose between saving life and abiding by the law? Jesus’ healings call us to take a side either with the marginalized and…
Herb Montgomery | June 7, 2019 Photo by Chris Bair on Unsplash “The fishing metaphor was a way to denounce injustice against the vulnerable, and looks forward to social change.” “‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will show you…
Herb Montgomery | May 31, 2019 Photo by Mario Purisic on Unsplash “ . . . and for those who associate abuse with the terms ‘God,’ or ‘heaven,’ or anything Christian, the kingdom even doesn’t have to be associated with…
Herb Montgomery | May 24, 2019 Photo by Yeshi Kangrang on Unsplash “One of the first steps of hope for people in such wilderness places is to understand that their situation reflects social and political forces, not the divine will…
by Herb Montgomery | May 17, 2019 Photo by Pedro Lastra on Unsplash “Here in the West we are shaped by a deeply individualistic culture, and some Christian communities rarely address Jesus’ social salvation, if ever. The form of Christianity…
Herb Montgomery | April 19, 2019 Photo credit: Jason Betz on Unsplash “Understood in this light, Jesus’ story offers rich fields for exploration and discovery as we learn to hear a gospel that calls us not to simply be ‘a…
Herb Montgomery | April 12, 2018 Photo Credit: Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash "Today, sectors of Christianity that only teach a personal Jesus deeply need a reintroduction to the gospels’ social Jesus. They need to rediscover and understand social salvation contrasted…
Herb Montgomery | April 5, 2019 Photo by Melany Rochester on Unsplash “Where else do you see institutions threatened by the voice of prophets? We may not call them prophets in every institution, yet the punishment of prophets is a universal dynamic. Whenever…
Herb Montgomery | January 11, 2019 “Jesus’ vision for this world was not to condemn it, wipe it out, and make a new one. Jesus pictured a God who loved our world: a God who dreamed of this world’s healing,…
Herb Montgomery | January 4, 2019 "Something for us shifted because of this meeting. As the Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes so eloquently states in Journey to Liberation, 'When you start with an understanding that God loves everyone, justice isn’t very…