Faith
The search for meaning, purpose, and relationship. Our need for love compels us to seek it out, and when we find it, share it.
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The Trouble with Martyrdom
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6 min read
The place of martyrdom in Christian history complicates our sense of right and wrong. It makes us think outrage is the point.
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And he cured all of them
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5 min read
The time Jesus breaks the law to fulfill it. By healing people. Which shouldn’t be such a big deal. But totally is.
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Teresa’s story reminds us of the challenge of power. And how Jesus invites us to flip it over. To seek righteousness.
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An Economics of Suffering
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6 min read
William Dwight Porter Bliss, Richard Theodore Ely, the pope, and Jesus give us a common vision for a more moral world. William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard Theodore ElyLuke 16:19–31 I love this teaching from Jesus because it describes the problem so well. The problem being our general confusion about our place in the story.…
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Consequential
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5 min read
Dealing with a figure like Remigius can be its own challenge. In part because we confuse consequential for good.
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The Best in Christian Witness
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5 min read
The ministry of service, justice, and love has long been far less important to us than power, security and certainty.