This Week's Episode of Just Talking Available on YouTube New Episode of “Just Talking" Now Online! Season 1, Episode 10: Luke 24:13-35. Lectionary A, Easter 3 Each week, we’ll be talking about the gospel lectionary reading for the upcoming weekend.…
by Herb Montgomery | January 8, 2021 Mark’s stories about Jesus begin: “Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come…
by Herb Montgomery | May 17, 2018 "Jesus was political. Neither he nor those whom he cared about could afford to ignore the systems of injustice and oppression damaging real human lives." “After John was put in prison, Jesus…
Jesus' shared table community was an expression of voluntary "from each according to their ability, to each according to their need." by Herb Montgomery | May 10, 2018 "Yet too often, historically, economic reforms have come at the expense of…
by Herb Montgomery | May 3, 2018 “Politics answers the question of who gets what. So Jesus was not a religious figure as much as he was a political one. He did not fundamentally challenge his Jewish religion, at least…
by Herb Montgomery | April 20, 2018 “Yet, it is far easier for those with power and privilege to merely worship Jesus, to preach a gospel about Jesus, and build a religion around Jesus, than it is for them to…
by Herb Montgomery | April 12, 2018 Jesus’ gospel was good news to those who were on the margins. If they were able to shape a safer, more compassionate, just society, this would, in the long run, be good for…
BY HERB MONTGOMERY “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last…