I'm Anthony, a Christian pastor and theologian reclaiming Scripture for love & liberation. Affirming. Feminist. Antiracist. Universalist.
Reclaiming Scripture for love and liberation. Affirming, Antiracist, Feminist, Universalist.
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Colossians
Friday in the Third Week of Easter
Notes on Colossians 2:8-23
Daily Lectionary
Thursday in the Third Week of Easter
Notes on Colossians 1:24–2:7
Daily Lectionary
Wednesday in the Third Week of Easter
Wednesday in the Third Week of Easter Readings * Exodus 19:16–25 * Colossians 1:15–23 * Matthew 3:13–17 * Psalms: 38; 119:25–48
Colossians
Tuesday in the Third Week of Easter
If our theology of forgiveness is not a theology of liberation, freedom, and release, we haven't yet understood the gospel.
20 verses to rebuild your faith
Day 21: A Little Less Vengeance, Please
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me... he has sent me to proclaim good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives
1 peter
Monday in the Third Week of Easter
Readings * Exodus 18:13–27 * 1 Peter 5:1–14 * Matthew 3:1–6 * Psalms: 25; 9, 15 1 Peter 5:1–14 Now as
1 peter
Saturday in the Second Week of Easter, Year 2
Readings * Exod. 17:1–16 * 1 Pet. 4:7–19 * John 16:16–33 * Psalms: 20, 21:1–7; 110:1–5, 116, 117 1
The Perch
He Only Did It Once
Jesus flipped tables exactly once. He didn't build a brand around it. So why have so many Christians made righteous anger their entire personality?
20 verses to rebuild your faith
Read It Like You're Free Day 20: The Trajectory of Grace
A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent, nor a parent suffer for the iniquity of a child. The righteousness of the
1 corinthians 11
Misused Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:27, "Eating and Drinking in an Unworthy Manner"
This passage isn't about God punishing you for taking communion wrong. It's about what happens when the wealthy eat and the poor go hungry.
20 verses to rebuild your faith
Read It Like You're Free Day 19: I Want To Hold Your Ham
Certain ideas get so deeply embedded in the tradition—repeated so often, sung so confidently—that no one stops to ask whether the original actually says what we think it says.
The Perch
The Perch - March 2026
This week: why Paul would kick someone out of church, the chaos monster hiding in your Bible, and what to call a group of TSA agents.