Our Collective Thriving
Herb Montgomery | August 19, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. The stories this week point us to prioritizing the needs of people to thrive. Survival isn’t enough. We are worth more than…
The Personal Cost of Causing Division
Herb Montgomery | August 12, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. “Our reading this week calls to mind times when we have also had to make decisions about speaking out against things we…
Sharing More Than We Need
Herb Montgomery | July 29, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. Every day, we face the evolutionary challenge of survival. We here in the U.S. have also been deeply conditioned by our culture…
The Pain of Unanswered Prayer
Herb Montgomery | July 22, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. "When we don’t directly face the anguish caused because some of our most desperately wanted prayers are unanswered, the reality puts us…
Jesus, Politics, and the Rights of Cis Women, Trans People and Nonbinary Folk
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…
The Subversive and Transgressive Call to Love Our Neighbor
Herb Montgomery | July 8, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. “What Christian stereotypes about others are we being called to subvert in our societal context? What are those stereotypes rooted in? Are…
The Gospel of Interdependence
To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. Herb Montgomery | July 1, 2022 ****This week’s article was written before last Friday’s devastating U.S. Supreme Court ruling. We at Renewed Heart Ministries, as a community of…
When Liberation Becomes Complicated
Herb Montgomery | June 17, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. “And what does change cost? Is it this cost that causes us to be more moderate when we should be directly and…
When Unity is Destructive
Herb Montgomery | May 27, 2022 To listen to this week's eSight as a podcast episode click here. "I don’t read this week’s reading as calling for this kind of unity. I don’t read this week’s passage as placing unity…
Social Advocacy
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…