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Reluctance and Commands—for Proper 25A

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2 min read

When Jesus tells the lawyer that loving God and our neighbor as ourselves is the greatest commandment, are we truly with him?

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1 min read

We find it easy to excuse retaliation or xenophobia as natural or necessary—an exception. But the rule is love. It is our command.

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5 min read

This week, the lectionary skips over the confrontation with the Sadducees over Levirate Marriage. Another attempt to trap and discredit Jesus.

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8 min read

In our rush to live in a just world, we may find ourselves preventing the very means of making things just — that we are called to this.

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4 min read

When we focus on a moment, control how we see it, isolate our vision, we think we’re looking for the truth, but we’re blinding ourselves from it.

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5 min read

The popular phrase “war is hell” is close. But unlike hell, we think we can win it. Do it. And be called heroes for killing many, many people.