Into the Wild
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Mark doesn’t tell us what is tempting Jesus in the wilderness. But we know what it is about. Because we know what tempts us.
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Mark doesn’t tell us what is tempting Jesus in the wilderness. But we know what it is about. Because we know what tempts us.
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When we address the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness in the midst of church, do we dare confront what is at the root of it all?
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This week’s gospel is a whirlwind of action. But it also reveals a pattern of discipleship—a pattern set up by Jesus’s own discipleship.
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Jesus’s time in the wilderness reminds us that there is more to our lives than temptation and desire. We are seeking purpose.
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In Mark 1:9-15, Jesus reveals the mission of God, but another school shooting tests our resolve to see it, or to listen to his words of hope, saying that the time is now, kin-dom is here! A school shooting tests Ash Wednesday’s invitation to reconciliation Lent 1B | Mark 1:9-15 I had a really good…
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How Jesus’s time in the wilderness reminds us of our own journey. So this thing we call The Temptation of Jesus isn’t really about temptation, or about the Tempter or about GOD and the problem of evil at all. It’s about experience, creation, and GOD. It is about living in this world that GOD has…