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avoiding being seen as anything other than that, we'd see men's ministry as it was meant to be.

They should ask if they are catering to one expression of masculinity at the expense of excluding a broad spectrum of what godly masculinity can look like. If men were simply encouraged and discipled into becoming more like Jesus rather than trying to fit into a masculinity box and

Men's ministries in churches should regularly ask themselves whether they are making men more like an idea of masculinity than like Jesus. They should ask if they are adequately challenging commonly held ideas of masculinity or if they are merely baptizing them with a men's breakfast.

If it is, it's a caricature of Jesus that fits the strong warrior ideal rather than the humble and meek servant. And the only way you can become more like Jesus is to be driven by your love of Jesus rather than any kind of fear, especially the fear of not fitting a gender mold.

and the like are tossed around as insults, and floral shirts have become the butt of jokes in these circles. The goal often is to be seen as heterosexual and "manly" as possible.

Very little is actually centered on becoming more like Jesus - which is also what women are called to be like as well.

and because of this, want to know what God has to say about our role in caring for the environment."

is a good thing, but aren’t sure of where to find support for that in Scripture or in the broader Christian tradition. These are folks who, whether or not they have jettisoned the identifier “Evangelical,” are still convinced that the Bible is the true ultimate authority of their faith and life,

I also provide some numbers to show that the poor would really be in worse shape if the church took over all care for addressing poverty in our country.

Food Stamps to simply survive while pursuing their calling to ministry.

Though I didn’t say it explicitly at the time I first wrote this, everything in it is pretty much my family’s experience in seminary and for years afterwards.

power and those who suffer from it most. Every frightened child who doesn't want their parents taken away while they are getting picked up at school. Jesus sees all of it, stands against empire, and sits with those who have been wounded.

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direct nonviolent action to lift up the lowly.

Every immigrant kidnapped and detained by ICE. Every person who has had their life-dependent services taken from them by political and corporate greed. Every citizen treated like dirt by ICE. Every horrendous grab for tyrannical

Savior was a victim of empire too. Jesus has always stood with those who have been downtrodden by the power-hungry.

Whether you participate in person, virtually, or in spirit, keep this Jesus in the forefront of your mind - the One who was not afraid to disrupt the ways of empire with

the Civil Rights." "I would have fought for emancipation." "I would have... I would have..."

There's no more "I would have," but it's "will you now?" Because if you won't now, you wouldn't have then. Today's the test of your hypothetical yesterday that you are so sure of.

action of the Kingdom of God. You can keep your "whataboutism" and "bothsidesing" in your own head, but like Jesus, we've got to say, "Get behind me, Satan" when we hear you saying Satan's ways to keep us from doing God's will.

"I would have stood up to the Nazis." "I would have marched during

statues in both the literal and figurative sense are being erected and bowed down to, and Christians are getting shot at by ICE for doing what they've been called by God to do. It's a time to unequivocally "obey God rather than men" and "turn the world upside down" with the nonviolent direct

"such a time as this" Christian prophetic moral witness to a watching world that already believes that the church is nothing more than a mouthpiece of conservatism, the status quo, and the maintaining of power by any means necessary. It's time to actually "dare to be a Daniel" when golden