“Why do you stand looking into heaven?” (Acts 1:11) – Commemorating Nakba Day through the Lens of Taybeh Today (May 14) is Ascension Day, a Christian Feast Day not widely appreciated or understood. Readers of HARP can find a brief engagement with Luke’s account (p. 206), but I’d recommend a longer reflection from last year’s…
Throughlines: Healing Haunted Histories Study Guide for Groups is companion resource packet to help facilitators and group participants engage past and continuing harms of settler colonialism and Indigenous dispossession, and deepen practices of restorative solidarity through the lens of Healing Haunted Histories.
Friends: Much of our attention has rightly been focused on ICE assaults in Minneapolis, as well as the amazing popular resistance there (including faith communities and many of our friends there, such as folks at Calvary Baptist Church, right). Please continue to pray and protest, that we might keep building momentum into a turning point…
Feast of Epiphany (January 6th, 2026) Thirty years ago, my then-young Jewish godson dubbed the Christmas season “the days of craze.” He wasn’t wrong: the consumer-industrial complex’s relentless seductive-compulsive huckstering drives us crazy by effectively drowning out the good (if subversive) news of Mary’s Magnificat and angelic pronouncements that God’s sovereignty trumps empire. Sadly, the…
 Last Friday was the Feast of La Virgen de Guadalupe. At right is a retablo, a hybrid style of indigenous artistry, centuries of Catholic iconography, and Spanish culture. Retablos are small oil paintings on tin, zinc, wood, or copper which were used in home altars to honor saints.  This one has hung in our…
And Re-introducing Two Timely BCM Publications18th Sunday after Pentecost This Sunday’s RCL gospel reading (Lk 17:11-19) is a straightforward object lesson about gratitude for gifts of healing. It is an important reminder for those of us trying to face and heal deep wounds past and present, not least in this fraught historical moment. As we…
In a backdrop of war and oppression, the call for peace and justice is emphasized through the celebration of Juneteenth and the Lukan gospel of Jesus healing the Gerasene demoniac. A twice-monthly Zoom forum will provide resources for studying gospel readings and engaging discussions, beginning July 2. Registration details are included.
Last week we watched a zoom conversation with Deb Haaland (left), U.S. Secretary of the Interior, entitled “Telling the American Story on Our Public Lands” (see the recording of this hour-long program here). The first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary, Haaland is a member of Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico. Her comments outlined…
My love of the people, landscapes, flora and fauna of Saskatchewan is deep. This summer Ched and I again experienced its beauty as we traveled around the province by road and by water…
In June, Chris Wight joined a Faith and Money trip to Oglala Lakota land in South Dakota. They met locals, learned about the Lakota people’s history and relationships, and visited sacred sites. The experience emphasized the importance of ongoing relationships with the community. Chris is now reflecting on how to maintain meaningful connections with the Lakota people.