Jesus' Revolution is Resilient - Kyle Hanawalt

How we long for change and justice to come about in one fell swoop! But Revolution never seems to happen that way. Does that mean it’s not worth hoping for? When we hold together the traditional Palm Sunday story (of Jesus entering Jerusalem as a triumphant King) with the traditional Holy Week stories (of Jesus exiting Jerusalem en route to his execution), we get a picture of Revolution that isn’t “one fell swoop”, but it is participatory and resilient — and that IS worth hoping in.

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Enough Scapegoating - Kyle Hanawalt

After a week of senseless violence against people of Asian descent, after a year of inexcusable public scapegoating of people of Asian descent (behavior that, for much of our country’s history, has persisted without acknowledgement), this Sunday is a day to commit again to the very heart of the Jesus way: interrupting scapegoating. (Art by Emil Nolde)

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