The Lost Sheep
by Herb Montgomery | October 27, 2017 "This has implications for our justice work today as well. There are two types of justice work. One seeks to give people equal access to a competitive system where there will still be…
No Serif of the Law to Fall
by Herb Montgomery Interpretations are not eternal. They change with time. As we see the harmful fruit of present interpretations, we can make those interpretations give way to new ones, in the hope that new interpretations will bear the fruit…
Woes against the Pharisees
Making 2017 a year of compassion and justice. by Herb Montgomery Featured Text: “Woe for you, Pharisees, for you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and give up justice and mercy and faithfulness. But these one had to do, without…
Thanksgiving that God Reveals Only to Children
by Herb Montgomery Learning to listen to the most vulnerable within our societies. “At that time he said: I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for you hid these things from sages and the learned, and disclosed them…
The Seven Last Sayings of Jesus; Part 7 of 9
Part 7 of 9 by Herb Montgomery I Am Thirsty Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” (John 19.28) As we continue in John’s telling of the…
The Seven Last Sayings of Jesus; Part 5 of 9
Part 5 of 9 Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit by Herb Montgomery Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” Having said this, he breathed his last (Luke 23.46). Out…
The Seven Last Sayings of Jesus; Part 4 of 9
Part 4 of 9 You Will Be with Me in Paradise by Herb Montgomery He replied, “Truly I tell you today you will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43 Today, much is lost when one reads these words…
The Seven Last Sayings of Jesus; Part 2 of 9
Part 2 of 9 My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? BY HERB MONTGOMERY And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my…
The Seven Last Sayings of Jesus; Part 1 of 9
Part 1 of 9 Two Definitions of Holiness BY HERB MONTGOMERY This week I want to begin a nine-part series leading up to this year’s Easter season. Beginning next week, we will take a look at each of the last…
A New Social Order
by Herb Montgomery 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 near; repent, and believe in the good news.” (Mark…