The Social Jesus Podcast
A podcast where we talk about the intersection of faith and social justice, and what a first-century, Jewish, prophet of the poor from Galilee offers us today in our work of love, compassion and justice.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 72
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Give Us Barabbas
John 18:33-37
“Again, this kind of language has led to some deeply problematic interpretations. Some Christians completely disregard the injustice, oppression, violence, and therefore concrete suffe…
00:16:11 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
The Beginning of Birth Pains
Mark 13:1-8
“I think of the economic stress so many are under presently. I think, too, of the political divisions that continue to grow here in the U.S. I think of the acknowledged and unacknowledge…
00:18:06 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
When Faith Does Societal Harm
Mark 12:38-44
“Whenever I heard the story of the widow’s mites growing up in church, it was always held up as an example of the piety and fidelity we should follow. She gave so much with the little …
00:16:06 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
Two Greatest Commandments and Social Justice
Mark 12:28-34
“Next week is election week here in the U.S. Next week, many of us will be taking our civic (love of neighbor) responsibilities very seriously. You can’t say you love your neighbor and…
00:15:06 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Bartimaeus and Christians of Privilege
Mark 10:46-52
“We create so many lines based on social differences that we must learn to step across.
Whether these lines are gender, social class, education, race or culture, or sexuality, when we …
00:15:11 |
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Participation Not Substitution
Mark 10:35-45
“I too know something of what it means to stand up for justice and love. I know something of pushback from those who are benefitting from an unjust system, pushback that threatens your…
00:16:44 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
God and Money
Mark 10:17-31
“Will Jesus followers today as a community ever return to these practices and teachings? We live in a very individualistic culture. The first step may be to create communities that mak…
00:18:36 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Divorce Just Ain’t What It Used To Be
Mark 10:2-16
“Our practice of marriage and divorce in our culture today should be based on the ethics and values of the golden rule, the well being of all parties involved, whether abuse is taking p…
00:18:24 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
Inclusivity and Taking Care of the Vulnerable
Mark 9:38-50
"Love, inclusivity, justice, and liberation don’t impose extra conditions, nor do they require everyone to be alike in every detail. Jesus embodies an openness to diversity. In this pas…
00:16:29 |
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Servants of the Most Vulnerable
Mark 9:30-37
“Some may consider this to be a subtle difference, but it makes a huge difference. One way to tell the difference is to ask yourself who is being addressed: those in power and being cor…
00:15:49 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Refusing to Passively Endure Injustice
Mark 8:27-38
“Too often Christians in power have used “bearing one’s cross” to teach that to follow Jesus means to passively and patiently endure whatever abuse, injustice, or oppression one is expe…
00:16:59 |
Thu 12 Sep 2024
Jesus, a Greek Woman and a Magical Cure
Mark 7:24-36
“Intersectionality is such a rich lens through which to relate to this Jesus story as we consider how it may inform our justice work today. We each occupy intersecting social positions …
00:18:19 |
Thu 05 Sep 2024
Morality, Culture Wars, and Consent
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
“Where we get into culture wars today is in how to define sexual immorality in our list. I find it ironic that those who are quick to accusing others of sexual immorality ar…
00:20:55 |
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Right Now Matters
John 6:56-69
“These things may or may not have meaning in the future, but they all still have meaning right now. In the present, we are alive, and what we are experiencing right now means much to ea…
00:15:19 |
Thu 22 Aug 2024
The Evolution of the Eucharist
John 6:51-58
“The early Jesus community’s shared meal evolved away from a meal of real bread and fish among a hungry crowd of Jewish Jesus followers where open mutuality and sharing resulted in bask…
00:16:00 |
Thu 15 Aug 2024
The Bread of Life
John 6:35, 41-51
“The kind of Jesus following that is only about managing fear of death is also convenient for those in positions of power who benefit and are privileged by unjust systems and ways o…
00:16:19 |
Thu 08 Aug 2024
Not Spiritualizing the Material
John 6:24-35
“There is no reason to pit the saving of souls against social justice work. Saving bodies is just as much a part of the Jesus tradition as savings souls is. In fact, in the synoptic gos…
00:14:47 |
Sat 03 Aug 2024
Transcending and Escaping or Engaging and Transforming
John 6:1-21
“A focus on transcending this world comes from John’s gospel. But as Jesus followers, we must allow ourselves to be confronted by the fact that that focus has not always produced good fr…
00:13:43 |
Fri 26 Jul 2024
Jesus Following and Social Justice
Mark 6:14-29
“Rev. Dr. Emilie M. Townes states, ‘When you start with an understanding that God loves everyone, justice isn’t very far behind.’ For those endeavoring to follow Jesus’ teachings, not b…
00:14:38 |
Thu 18 Jul 2024
Embracing our Dependency
Mark 6:1-13
“Is our Christianity all about getting to heaven and saving our own individual soul? Or does following Jesus call us at the very first to be concerned with someone’s present material nee…
00:20:24 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
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