The Crucifixion is an example of what happens when religion and power take each other to lunch. -sjb
April 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Crucifixion is an example of what happens when religion and power take each other to lunch. -sjb
Steve's Wanderings - Friday Sojournings aim to share with you different faith perspectives.
Dear Friends,
May we tend to our wicks and keep our candles lit. It not only lights our own path, but it can light an entire room.
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/notre-dame...
Dear Friends,
May we tend to our wicks and keep our candles lit. It not only lights our own path, but it can light an entire room.
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/notre-dame...
Notre Dame Conference Addresses ‘Pressing Crisis’ of Christian Nationalism
As a couple hundred scholars and ministers gathered on the University of Notre Dame campus last week to discuss Christian Nationalism, several people questioned if, in light of recent events, such a c...
publicwitness.wordandway.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Steve's Wanderings - Friday Sojournings aim to share with you different faith perspectives.
Dear Friends,
May we tend to our wicks and keep our candles lit. It not only lights our own path, but it can light an entire room.
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/notre-dame...
Dear Friends,
May we tend to our wicks and keep our candles lit. It not only lights our own path, but it can light an entire room.
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/notre-dame...
Have you been re-experiencing stress and trauma that doesn’t seem to stop? How is it affecting your ability to function? Do you find it difficult to interact with other people, to have conversations, to love? You are NOT ALONE! So, what can we do about it?
open.substack.com/pub/steveswa...
open.substack.com/pub/steveswa...
2025 03 12, Steve's Wednesday Treasures
Trauma
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March 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Have you been re-experiencing stress and trauma that doesn’t seem to stop? How is it affecting your ability to function? Do you find it difficult to interact with other people, to have conversations, to love? You are NOT ALONE! So, what can we do about it?
open.substack.com/pub/steveswa...
open.substack.com/pub/steveswa...
2025 03 10 Steve's Monday Adventures - Letters From a Birmingham Jail
I wonder if we can learn some things from this letter written by Dr. King in 1963, after spending 8 years in the trenches. A few things jump out at me.
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I wonder if we can learn some things from this letter written by Dr. King in 1963, after spending 8 years in the trenches. A few things jump out at me.
open.substack.com/pub/steveswa...
Steve's Monday Adventures
Letter From a Birmingham Jail
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March 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
2025 03 10 Steve's Monday Adventures - Letters From a Birmingham Jail
I wonder if we can learn some things from this letter written by Dr. King in 1963, after spending 8 years in the trenches. A few things jump out at me.
open.substack.com/pub/steveswa...
I wonder if we can learn some things from this letter written by Dr. King in 1963, after spending 8 years in the trenches. A few things jump out at me.
open.substack.com/pub/steveswa...
Even though Lent is seen as a time to slow down, I'm getting ramped up. Now is not the time for me to slow down. Because of the suffering slapping us in the face every single day, the path of Jesus in these 40 days seems to be “It's better to burn out than fade away” (Neil Young and Crazy Horse).
March 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Even though Lent is seen as a time to slow down, I'm getting ramped up. Now is not the time for me to slow down. Because of the suffering slapping us in the face every single day, the path of Jesus in these 40 days seems to be “It's better to burn out than fade away” (Neil Young and Crazy Horse).
2025 02 28 Steve’s Friday Sojournings on Faith: Death
It may seem like death (winter) had the final say, but nature teaches us otherwise. Thich Nhat Hanh spoke about death (see link). May we view all deaths as transformations, half-smile, and sing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnU...
It may seem like death (winter) had the final say, but nature teaches us otherwise. Thich Nhat Hanh spoke about death (see link). May we view all deaths as transformations, half-smile, and sing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnU...
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
2025 02 28 Steve’s Friday Sojournings on Faith: Death
It may seem like death (winter) had the final say, but nature teaches us otherwise. Thich Nhat Hanh spoke about death (see link). May we view all deaths as transformations, half-smile, and sing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnU...
It may seem like death (winter) had the final say, but nature teaches us otherwise. Thich Nhat Hanh spoke about death (see link). May we view all deaths as transformations, half-smile, and sing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnU...
02 26 25 Steve’s Wednesday Treasures on Love: Samwise
It is the character of Samwise Gamgee who made me cry.
youtu.be/3H3MQooOLn4?...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMSu...
If you are a Sam to someone, Don’t you leave them!
If you are a Frodo and you have a Sam, Let them in the canoe!
-sjb
It is the character of Samwise Gamgee who made me cry.
youtu.be/3H3MQooOLn4?...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMSu...
If you are a Sam to someone, Don’t you leave them!
If you are a Frodo and you have a Sam, Let them in the canoe!
-sjb
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Sam Goes With Frodo Scene | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
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February 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
02 26 25 Steve’s Wednesday Treasures on Love: Samwise
It is the character of Samwise Gamgee who made me cry.
youtu.be/3H3MQooOLn4?...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMSu...
If you are a Sam to someone, Don’t you leave them!
If you are a Frodo and you have a Sam, Let them in the canoe!
-sjb
It is the character of Samwise Gamgee who made me cry.
youtu.be/3H3MQooOLn4?...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMSu...
If you are a Sam to someone, Don’t you leave them!
If you are a Frodo and you have a Sam, Let them in the canoe!
-sjb
First, I want to give a shout-out to Womanist Theology, and intro if needed.
sojo.net/articles/lib...
Second, a recent column highlights bell hooks’ book, “All About Love,” asserting that love is the only sane response to fear.
sojo.net/articles/opi...
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
sojo.net/articles/lib...
Second, a recent column highlights bell hooks’ book, “All About Love,” asserting that love is the only sane response to fear.
sojo.net/articles/opi...
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
The Liberating Theology That Transformed My Understanding of God
When I learned about womanist theology, I realized I had been missing a key element of my faith.
sojo.net
February 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
First, I want to give a shout-out to Womanist Theology, and intro if needed.
sojo.net/articles/lib...
Second, a recent column highlights bell hooks’ book, “All About Love,” asserting that love is the only sane response to fear.
sojo.net/articles/opi...
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
sojo.net/articles/lib...
Second, a recent column highlights bell hooks’ book, “All About Love,” asserting that love is the only sane response to fear.
sojo.net/articles/opi...
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
February 19, 2025
Steve's Wednesday Treasures will focus on loving our neighbors.
Don't give up on love. It is our only hope.
henrinouwen.org/meditations/...
Steve's Wednesday Treasures will focus on loving our neighbors.
Don't give up on love. It is our only hope.
henrinouwen.org/meditations/...
Love Deeply - Henri Nouwen
Do not hesitate to love and to love deeply. You might be afraid of the pain that deep love can
henrinouwen.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
February 19, 2025
Steve's Wednesday Treasures will focus on loving our neighbors.
Don't give up on love. It is our only hope.
henrinouwen.org/meditations/...
Steve's Wednesday Treasures will focus on loving our neighbors.
Don't give up on love. It is our only hope.
henrinouwen.org/meditations/...
Reposted by Steve Barber
February 14, 2025
February 14, 2025
On this day, I always like to tell the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s terrible 1884 Valentine’s Day and how it led to the Progressive Era, but things are happening too fast these days to leave a gap in...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
February 14, 2025
2025 02 14, Steve's Friday Sojournings focus on our journey of Faith. Jake Owensby, an Episcopal priest, shines a light on the Truth-Telling that got Jeremiah in trouble as he addressed the idols of the day - sounds eerily familiar.
Peace, Love, and Justice, sjb
open.substack.com/pub/jakeowen...
Peace, Love, and Justice, sjb
open.substack.com/pub/jakeowen...
Truth Telling
Telling the truth is an act of love. And love can be costly.
open.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
2025 02 14, Steve's Friday Sojournings focus on our journey of Faith. Jake Owensby, an Episcopal priest, shines a light on the Truth-Telling that got Jeremiah in trouble as he addressed the idols of the day - sounds eerily familiar.
Peace, Love, and Justice, sjb
open.substack.com/pub/jakeowen...
Peace, Love, and Justice, sjb
open.substack.com/pub/jakeowen...
In the Civil Rights era, there were different ways people found to address the darkness of that time. In that time, Martin Luther King, Jr. stood for one specific virtue: LOVE. Don't give up on Love.
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC6q...
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC6q...
"Loving Your Enemies," Sermon Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
kinginstitute.stanford.edu
February 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
In the Civil Rights era, there were different ways people found to address the darkness of that time. In that time, Martin Luther King, Jr. stood for one specific virtue: LOVE. Don't give up on Love.
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC6q...
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC6q...
2025 02 10, Steve's Monday Adventures
Today, I am highlighting a remarkable speech by Independent, Angus King, ME, delivered in the Senate, February 6, 2025. While shining a light on the fears of the framers, he describes one of our current constitutional crises.
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
Today, I am highlighting a remarkable speech by Independent, Angus King, ME, delivered in the Senate, February 6, 2025. While shining a light on the fears of the framers, he describes one of our current constitutional crises.
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
February 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
2025 02 10, Steve's Monday Adventures
Today, I am highlighting a remarkable speech by Independent, Angus King, ME, delivered in the Senate, February 6, 2025. While shining a light on the fears of the framers, he describes one of our current constitutional crises.
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
Today, I am highlighting a remarkable speech by Independent, Angus King, ME, delivered in the Senate, February 6, 2025. While shining a light on the fears of the framers, he describes one of our current constitutional crises.
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
Reposted by Steve Barber
Trump's CFPB, now under the command of billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, has halted the Biden admin's rule to ban medical bills from credit reports.
It's been estimated that the rule would help improve the credit scores of 15 million people.
Some populist, huh?
It's been estimated that the rule would help improve the credit scores of 15 million people.
Some populist, huh?
February 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump's CFPB, now under the command of billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, has halted the Biden admin's rule to ban medical bills from credit reports.
It's been estimated that the rule would help improve the credit scores of 15 million people.
Some populist, huh?
It's been estimated that the rule would help improve the credit scores of 15 million people.
Some populist, huh?
Steve's Friday Sojournings aim to share with you different faith perspectives.
Renowned author, Diana Butler Bass, offers us some suggestions about how to manage difficult times.
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Renowned author, Diana Butler Bass, offers us some suggestions about how to manage difficult times.
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
What Are We Going to Do?
Preparing my house to withstand the wildfire of the next four years
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Steve's Friday Sojournings aim to share with you different faith perspectives.
Renowned author, Diana Butler Bass, offers us some suggestions about how to manage difficult times.
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Renowned author, Diana Butler Bass, offers us some suggestions about how to manage difficult times.
Peace, Love, and Justice,
sjb
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Reposted by Steve Barber
January 19, 2025
January 19, 2025
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
January 19, 2025