06 Thursday May 2021
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believe, christianity, Diana Butler Bass, faith, Freeing Jesus, hope, Hope in Disarray, Jesus, love, madang, Pilgrim Press, podcast, quote, quotes
I love everything that Diana Butler Bass writes and I really like her latest book, Freeing Jesus. I was so honored to interview Dian Butler Bass on Madang Podcast on her latest book Freeing Jesus.
04 Sunday Apr 2021
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Christ is Risen, Easter, grace, Holy Week, Hope in Disarray, Jesus, Keep Hope Alive, keeping hope alive, Orbis Books, Pilgrim Press, resurrection, rev. jesse jackson, Santita Jackson, women
Easter is a special holy day for the church.
We recognize the pain of Good Friday’s crucifixion and then see the glory of Resurrection Sunday. The resurrection provides hope for all of us as many of us live in despair, pain, suffering and marginalization.
Easter gives us hope. Christ is Risen!
24 Saturday Aug 2019
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Adam Gustine, bible, church, endorsement, IVP, Jesus, justice, social justice
I endorsed a new book, Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom by Adam L. Gustine.
It is a great resource on how to be a church today in light of social injustices.
06 Saturday Jan 2018
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25 Friday Mar 2016
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cross, Crucifixion, crucify, discrimination, Easter, Jesus, Peter Liang, scapegoating
Here is my latest for Huffington Post called, “Crucifixion of Jesus: Scapegoating, Discrimination and the Cross”.
Please read, comment and share.
26 Monday Oct 2015
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Elizabeth Dias, Jesus, prayer, theology, TIME, What did Jesus Ask?
I am thrilled and honored to write a piece for the new book, What Did Jesus Ask? Christian Leaders Reflect on His Questions of Faith (TIME) edited by Elizabeth Dias.
This is such a wonderful collection of 65 different writers from around the world who tackle the questions that Jesus asked. I am honored to be in this collection.
20 Monday Jul 2015
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SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA – JULY 09: Pope Francis greets the attendees of a conference as part of the II Meeting of People’s Movements on July 09, 2015 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. (Photo by Amanecer Tedesqui/LatinContent/Getty Images)
This is my new piece on the Pope, “Pope Francis Reminds the World to Care About Poverty,” co-written with Rev. Jesse Jackson for TIME!
Feel free to share this piece.
Below is an excerpt of the TIME piece. For the full article, please click here.
03 Friday Apr 2015
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cross, Easter, god, Gospel, grace ji-sun kim, Jesus, rejection, The Huffington Post
This is a repost of my last year’s Huffington Post, “Jesus and the Cross“.
I hate to be rejected. Don’t you?
No one likes rejection. Yet, we experience rejection and its pain from an early age. Children feel hurt when, on the playground or in other settings, they are not allowed to play a game with the rest of the kids. Childhood rejection may even be self-inflicted, when we resent the fact that we are afraid to climb up to the top of the Jungle Gym. Continue reading
28 Sunday Dec 2014
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I am a guest on Keep Hope Alive Radio Show this morning from 8-10 AM EST. Tune in now to hear the show.
It is a SPECIAL EDITION of Keep Hope Alive with Jesse Jackson, we are discussing The Life and Mission of #JesusChrist
15 Wednesday Oct 2014
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Barack Obama, compassion, Ebola, grace ji-sun kim, Jesus, leper, rev. jesse jackson, The Huffington Post, Thomas Eric Duncan
This is co-written with Rev. Jesse Jackson on Ebola and Thomas Eric Duncan. It is a repost from The Huffington Post. Please pray for Duncan’s family.
When Thomas Eric Duncan, a visitor from Liberia, became ill in Dallas on September 24, he went, as many people do, to the local hospital emergency room. However, serious questions must be raised about what happened when he did. Continue reading
