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Blessed by default
The damning truth of it is that so many Christians reject Jesus’s approach to blessing. It’s not a competition, but a co-op.
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Wealth is always relational
When talking about God’s blessing, we are necessarily confronted with the idea that we always seem to start talking about possessions.
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Blessings and Woes—for Epiphany 6C
In the sermon on the plain, Jesus outlines a relationship to the Kin-dom that is based, not on virtue, but on our relationship to others.
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Blessing — it’s complicated, actually
How many of us conceive of blessing is predicated on an ancient prejudice. That we are good and deserving and others aren’t.
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Between Epiphany 5 + 6 (Year C)
After the calling of the disciples, we have a sequence of events that sets them up for deeper learning and understanding in Jesus.
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The true freedom of love
The modern understanding of evangelism is off. It is selfish and embraces our individualism while Jesus invites us into common love.
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