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Jesus leads with love—for Proper 20B
In the second passion prediction, Jesus again upends the disciples’ expectations (and ours) for a messiah, and for his followers.
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Bad News—our fear of talking about death
Most people, including Christians, have a hard time talking about death. And struggle with the idea that it can be good news.
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Between Proper 19 + 20 (Year B)
Between the predictions of the Passion, Jesus confronts a moment of failure for the disciples, helping us see our lack of focus.
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Unholy Expectations
In Jesus’s first passion prediction, we encounter the language of Messiah and cross-carrying, which we need some untangling.
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The Turning Point—for Proper 19B
In this week’s reflection, we look at Peter’s proclamation of Jesus as the Messiah and what we should learn from mission confusion.
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Messiah and a new kind of leader
The word “Messiah” is loaded with meaning—then and now. And that meaning is built around expectations that Jesus won’t embody.
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Between Proper 18 + 19 (Year B)
Between the gospels this week is a collection of snippets that help us see the way the disciples are starting to miss the point.
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Jesus changes his mind
In these two encounters with the Syrophoenician woman and the deaf man, seeing Jesus change his mind allows us to do the same.