Jesus Our Buen Coyote

I’m going to start reading the Bible back to front. Or maybe hanging off of a limb upside down, like a bat. Then maybe I’ll see the things I need to see, the first time around. In the words of Robert McAfee Brown, I need new lenses to read the Bible “with Third World...
GBM 2011: A Year In Review

GBM 2011: A Year In Review

Here at GBM, 2011 was a year of the unexpected, both heartbreaking and inspiring. On April 27, deadly tornadoes swept through Alabama, leaving wide swaths of the state devastated. The tornadoes didn’t respect the boundaries we often set between rich and poor, but...

I Was Thirsty And You Gave Me Nothing To Drink

Then the King will say to those on his left, “Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did...

Intersections Not Just For Streets Anymore

As members of both [undocumented and LGBT] communities, we know what is like to deal with laws that foster an environment of hate toward our people.  – Julio Salgado We’ve been using the term “intersectionality” a lot around GBM lately.  It’s one of those made-up...
Pursuing Justice 2010

Pursuing Justice 2010

On Tax Day – April 15th, 2010 – GBM staff, board members and partners again gathered at the downtown Post Office to call attention to the need for a universal living wage here in the United States.  Too many of our neighbors work at jobs paying only minimum wage, but...