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Jesus is challenged by the Canaanite woman to see her daughter’s humanity—to learn something from her.
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We often think about borders as a line, dividing two places, but our borders are places, too. And they are inhabited.
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Before Jesus talks about what goes in is not what defiles, he is confronted about his disciples not bothering to wash their hands.
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It’s easy to read this gospel and think it is about Peter’s lack of faith. But that is reading it completely backwards.
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We love to say that politics and religion doesn’t mix, but religion is political by definition. They can’t be separated.
