scapegoat
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Blame and Purpose
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8 min read
The place of the crucifixion in our public imagination is as an act of consequence or violation rather than revelation.
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Fearing Freedom
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8 min read
This is a story of freedom. And why most of us don’t want it. Because we fear it. And everything it entails.
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Revealing the way of death
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8 min read
Luke makes it clear Jesus doesn’t “deserve” the crucifixion. Not only to maintain Jesus’s innocence but prove the moral corruption of execution.
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Rejected
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9 min read
When Jesus returns home in Luke 4, there’s a confrontation with the people. While we often focus on what Jesus says, we rarely realize what we do.
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Getting Caught in the Big Lie
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7 min read
I am mesmerized by this video. A moment of revealing the Big Lie. The lie we tell ourselves, each other, about the world, about politics, about life, about truth. This lie is pervasive and dishonest. It is what it says it is. The deceit of the human connection and condition. The transformation of all that…
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How to blame youth for injustice
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6 min read
So you want to learn how to blame youth for injustice in your city? Well, you’ve come to the right place. I think the way Baltimore’s Freddie Gray protests have been handled can serve as a great template for assigning blame to a defenseless population. First you have to start with a simmering kettle that is…