The Jesus Heist Snapshots of Hope will provide

Snapshots of Hope will provide inspiration–and a few giggles–for its readers

is long on telling the Church what to say

and linked to the Sunday readings

Christian women have learned to pray in the language of other people's souls

and others -- deacons have come to serve largely as servants of the poor and needy

The Jesus Heist Snapshots of Hope will provideProvocative readings of biblical stories, with thoughts on what they are saying to the church. Inside the Church, we are constantly and consistently reading the gospels through the lens of supporting our own institution and structure. This prevents us from hearing the critique Jesus offered in his own day and his emphatic and persistent call to be and do differently now (Matthew 23: 112). Stories include Widows Mite, Rich Young Ruler, Destruction of