love

  • Weird Love

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    In the Sermon on the Plain, Jesus challenges us to see love, not as something to be received, but as something to give.

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  • Blessings and Woes

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    In the sermon on the plain, Jesus offers a teaching that feels opposite to our expectations – to see what we’re missing.

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  • When everyone leaves

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    For SundayThirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Collect Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever…

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  • The Love Command

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    Learning how to love when it isn’t forced. Or optional. It is quite truly the only way we all can live full and true lives. Doing what needs to be doneEaster 6B | John 15:9-17 Jesus commands us to love. In American culture, that plays like an oxymoron. We think command and love don’t belong…

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  • Taking Commands

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    For SundayEaster 6B Collect O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our…

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  • Love fuels sacrifice

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    As the good shepherd, Jesus opens us to the idea that sacrifice, his sacrifice, is central to understanding love. Hearing the Good Shepherd within the chaosEaster 4B | John 10:11-18 I struggle with the shepherd image. Because I have a hard time relating to it. And I don’t know sheep. I don’t know what it’s…

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  • The Sacrifice of the Good Shepherd

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    For SundayEaster 4B Collect O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.…

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