-
·
Unbound Grace
The parable reveals how blind the rich man is to reality. And in reading it, Jesus hopes we won’t continue to share the same delusion.
-
·
Between: those Lovers of Money
In just a few verses, Jesus ties us in knots and turns us into our enemies.
-
·
The most powerful thing Greta Thunberg has done is to speak the truth.
Our problem is we fear courage. We want it to work for us. Never hurt us. And only ever conform to our desires and hopes for the world.
-
·
Bad Economics
Jesus keeps teaching us about the limits of transactional thinking — and the life-giving beauty of sacrifice in his way of love.
-
·
Between: the Parable of the Prodigal Son(s)
A look at the gaps in the lectionary. This week: the gap between Proper 19C and Proper 20C. The text: Luke 15:11-32. You know this story. Even if you’ve never read it, you know it. It’s in your bones and in your imagination. Artists have mused with it. Writers have cribbed from it. Filmmakers have…
-
·
Being Lost and Being Found
The question isn’t what is lost or who is looking. These parables aren’t about the lost, but what it is to participate in losing and finding.
-
·
Between: Luke 14:34-35
In Luke 14:34-35, Jesus uses an imperfect analogy about salt losing flavor. Often we’re too distracted by the analogy to get the point.
-
·
Hate as an unlikely virtue
Jesus keeps defying expectations. In the midst of great celebrity, he now defies the low expectations the followers have for themselves.