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Breaking up with the money god
When we talk about the problem with money, we need to dig into why we can’t trust in money to solve all of our problems now.
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About the Money—for Proper 23B
The challenge of Jesus’s teaching with the pious young man is that Jesus condemns wealth in a way few Americans are willing to accept.
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Wealth—how much is too much?
The challenge of wealth for people in the United States is that we’d rather fight about what it implies about the person rather than their behavior.
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Between Proper 22 + 23 (Year B)
As the disciples move closer to Jerusalem, our awareness of the journey mirrors theirs: distracted, distant, and self-directed.
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Preaching divorce and unity
This Week: Proper 22B Gospel: Mark 10:2-16 This week’s gospel is deceptive. It seems like it is about divorce. It seems straightforward. And we might be lulled into thinking it encourages a prohibition on divorce or else defends a Christian opposition to divorce. This is a pretty weak take. This gospel story concludes with even more…
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The challenge of unity—for Proper 22B
The challenge in Jesus’s teaching on divorce is not that he praises “staying together,” but that we don’t get what together means.
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Commitment—marriage is living transformed
We often categorize one’s commitment in marriage as traditional and conservative, but it is something far more transgressive.
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Between Proper 21 + 22 (Year B)
Our location changes in the gospel this week—so what is the impact of place as we head back to Judea and consider what is to come?