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This last week of Advent we are reflecting on Love. I thought one of the best ways to lead us into a meditation that considers love, I...

As I sat down to consider what peace means for me and generally this Advent, an old children’s song kept running through my head – Joy...

“To see people who will notice a need in the world and do something about it, and rather than view it with despair they view it with...

There sure is a lot of waiting in life and in the Christian faith. We wait to grow older so we can do more things – like go on roller coasters, big water slides, and drive. We get older, bigger, and have more responsibilities. Then we wait to get a breakthrough in work or find a spouse or a good friend. Or to have enough money to go on an adventure, have financial security, or just enough to get by. Or to make a difference in someone else’s life/society. Or to get healthy, st

This October we have a cohort going through the Lazarus at the Gate curriculum . If you haven’t done LATG or don’t know about it - it is a Bible study that challenges participants to understand the Biblical foundation for generosity, simple living, and just consumption. BFJN offers the curriculum for free on our website – check it out! I have done LATG with five different groups over the past 10 years and I always learn something new and find great challenge and encouragement

Parable and Introduction Once upon a time, a Christian family legally immigrated to America. They took the skills they had and earned good wages. It took them a while to save up, but they eventually put together enough to buy a house despite the expensive housing market. They were so excited to move in and make the house a home as they were expecting a baby. Soon, they welcomed a little girl into the world, and unfortunately, she was born with a congenital heart defect. The

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Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit,...

Exploring “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat” Disclaimer: This blog is a bit longer than those typically posted, approximately 10-15 minutes. Feel free to skim parts that feel a bit overwhelming. However, please realize that the policies implemented based on these ideas greatly impact many of our neighbors and are informed by our Biblical interpretations. There is a fairly well-known Scripture from 2 Thessalonians 3:10, where Paul writes – we gave you this rule:

What causes matter to you? What are your strengths? “What am I good at?” “What types of work do I like to do that others don’t?” Identify...

I recently finished reading  The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer (highly recommend). The challenging insights in his chapter on simplicity in particular had me thinking about the year I gave up shopping (no non-essential purchases for 12 months). Below is the final reflection I wrote about the experience. I learned a great deal about both myself and our culture during that year but as I become more removed from it (I did it in 2018) I feel the loss of the urg

our lives do not have room for anything short of what enables us to live the way God intends . . What is your identity rooted in?...

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a...

How much is enough? How much is enough? 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners...

My Tuesdays nights in April were spent on Zoom with a group of 15 or so friends, new and old, considering Ron Sider’s – Rich Christians...

With plenty of thought and prayer at the end of 2023 the board and staff of Boston Faith & Justice decided we would focus on poverty in...

“a conservative underestimate” Matthew 25:41-45 NIV 41  42  43  44  45

During the final moments of Jesus life, he hung dying on the cross in the scorching sun, beaten, abused, tortured, and thirsty. Not just...

By Art Davies Faith Leaders for Housing Justice (FL4HJ) came together in September 2021 in response to the injustice that people...