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The Biblical
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Confronting Beastly Economics – An Anti-Imperial Look at Revelation 13
I have a chapter called “Beastly Economics” in the book, We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible With the Poor People’s Campaign. In the chapter, I discuss the concept of the “Mark of the
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Learn as we Lead: Victims of Empire and The Great Multitude in Revelation 7
I was asked to share a little during the season of “Learn as We Lead,” for the Freedom Church of the Poor on the abuses and misuses of the Book of the Revelation. On
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Join The Online Study of Poverty, Empire, and the Book of Revelation in the Time of Covid19
Friends, I am hosting an online study of my new book, “Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance,” and the Book
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Revelation as Resistance: Moral Imagination in an Age of Empire
How would you answer if I were to ask you, “What one book of the Bible are you least interested in studying,
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Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance
Order your copy of “Resisting Empire” on BarclayPress or Amazon. Purchase Your Copy Here Purchase Directly from PublisherPurchase Book/eBook from Amazon Note from Wess: Dear readers of Gathering In Light, my second book,
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New Book on Revelation “Resisting Empire” Coming Soon
I’ve been working on a book about Revelation that offers a different perspective then the “Revelation as End-of-the-World”
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Revelation at Great Plains Yearly Meeting
This past week, I had the opportunity to travel to Great Plains Yearly Meeting, gathered in Wichita, KS to speak about the book of Revelation. The yearly meeting itself was a lovely and joyous
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Mary: Revolutionary for Our Time
It is advent, a critical moment in the church calendar. It is post-election, a critical moment in the life of the
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Convers(at)ions With Scripture
There has been an evolution of thought for me when it comes to understanding how to read, interpret and teach Scripture within
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Lament: Brought to Speech (Psalm 13)
What is Lament? In January for the past 4 or 5 years we’ve participated in Peace Month with other churches from our Yearly Meeting. This January our focus is Lament and peace. We
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No! Yes and… (Matthew 3)
“Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?
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Presence Matters (Matthew 2)
“In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the
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On Quaker PR: Salt, Light and Transformation (Matthew 5:13-20)
“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under
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Prayer: Identifying Our Blind spots (pt. 3)
This is the third of four short meditations on prayer based on Luke 18:9-14: “He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others
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Prayer: Don’t Trust the Labels! (pt. 2)
This is the second of four short meditations on prayer based on Luke 18:9-14: “He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others
