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Jesus is not Superman
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8 min read
The lectionary cuts up the story in Mark 6:30-34, 53-56, resting on the image of Jesus as a super shepherd. But Jesus isn’t offering comfort only. Mark’s gospel and its conviction to follow, not worship. Proper 11B | Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 We gathered in an antiphonal circle in the chapel to read the first part…
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Prayer Book Revision in Three Headlines
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6 min read
Did The Episcopal Church vote to revise its Prayer Book? Yes and No. The one thing missing from the 79th General Convention coverage is how we chose confusion over clarity. Prayer Book Revision On Hold. Sort of. But Not Really? Depending on where you got your General Convention coverage, the headlines declared the House of…
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out of regard for his oaths and for the guests
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10 min read
In Mark 6:14-29, the famous death of John the Baptist, we get a scene so absurd we might miss what’s right in front of us. When Herod went to see a therapist to justify killing John Proper 10B | Mark 6:14-29 If he had had Charles Dickens to draw on, Herod might’ve described this as…
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The case of a church of pot testing religious freedom on the sincerely-held standard is absurd. Which says more about the standard than the church. It was bound to happen. A pot church claiming a sincere religious belief. This is precisely the case we all imagined when Justice Samuel Alito penned the majority opinion in…
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They Take Offense
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8 min read
When Jesus goes home, he’s surprised by how he’s treated. How they’ve judged him without really knowing him. This is our contrast for what it means to love. They take offense and we move on from there. Proper 9B | Mark 6:1-13 When we moved down to Georgia some years ago, we knew fitting in…
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Change: For the Sake of Change
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4 min read
The phrase is all too common: change for the sake of change. But we don’t actually mean it. We’re trying to say something else without having to say it. People like to say that we shouldn’t change for the sake of change. But it isn’t really true. We often change for the sake of change.…
Make a New Normal
