Proper 22B

  • God doesn’t insist I be better

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    For Sunday – October 3, 2021:the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Collect Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and…

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  • It’s not really about divorce

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    When Jesus is asked about divorce in Mark 10:2-16, we act like he’s given us an answer. What he’s given us is a whole new question. Again Jesus pushes us to see the forest, not the trees. Proper 22B  |  Mark 10:2-16 Let me say at the top that Jesus doesn’t condemn divorce. Let’s first…

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  • Possessing the Kingdom

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    He’s not mincing words. The Kingdom belongs to them. Not the disciples. Not the Pharisees. Not the Romans. The children. We need to hear these words. How our focus on law and politics misses the real revelation Proper 22B  |  Mark 10:2-16 The Long Walk is Almost Over The walk from Caesarea Philippi to Jerusalem is…

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