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Seventy Times Seven

"This parable originated not as allegory but as an example of real life indebtedness Jesus’ audience would have been familiar with. This was not a call for the indebted to forgive their abusive creditors, but for creditors to forgive the debts of those who owed them."

To Loose or Bind, To Forgive or not Forgive

April 14, 2023
Herb Montgomery
Esights, LGBTQ Affirmation, Liberation Theology

This Week's Episode of Just Talking Available on YouTube New Episode of “Just Talking" Now Online! Season 1, Episode 9: John 20:19-31. Lectionary A, Easter 2. Each week, we’ll be talking about the gospel lectionary reading for the upcoming weekend.…

Breathing In Spirit, Exhaling Love and Justice

April 22, 2022
Herb Montgomery
Esights, Liberation Theology, Myth of Redemptive Suffering

Herb Montgomery | April 22, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. “In the stories, Jesus doesn’t come back from the dead just to live another 30 or so years doing the same thing…

Social Repentance and Change

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Lightening the Burden of Others

December 21, 2018
Herb Montgomery
Economic Justice, Esights, Forgiveness, Myth of Redemptive Suffering, Reparations, Social Gospel

Herb Montgomery | December 21, 2018 “This Christmas, we may not all have someone whose economic debt we can cancel. But are there other types of forgiveness we could embrace? Are there reparations for past wrongs we still need to…

A Prayer for Debts Cancelled

by Herb Montgomery | October 11, 2018 “‘Politics is really about how we as a community choose to distribute resources and power among people and groups of people.’ She goes on to say, therefore, ‘There's no opting out of it.’ …

Forgiving a Sinning Brother or Sister Repeatedly

November 10, 2017
Herb Montgomery
Esights, Forgiveness, LGBTQ Affirmation, Sayings Gospel Q, Social Gospel

by Herb Montgomery | November 10, 2017 “Safe spaces” are not spaces where everyone’s opinion is equally valued. Safe spaces are spaces where there is a preferential option practiced for the most vulnerable in the room. Safe spaces are spaces…