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The Rich Feast of Pentecost
Pentecost gives us plenty to talk about each year. We must start with what it is we need to focus on—and some of what we don’t.
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Change as new witness—for Pentecost
In Pentecost, we have the opportunity to reflect on our own witness, and what role that practice has in our own life of faith.
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Witness is a participatory word
The word has its detractors. A lot of us have bad associations with it—in church or the courtroom. But it has a purpose worth noticing.
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Between Easter 7 and Pentecost (Year B)
The other Pentecost reading, from the gospel of John, puts us once again into the place of examining the need to live differently.
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Standing Against the World
When Jesus says that we are not “of the world,” he isn’t talking spiritually. We try to avoid thinking about what it really means for us.
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Preparing for Departure—for Easter 7B
In preparing his disciples for his departure, Jesus prays that his joy be in them and that this joy be complete—a truly possible hope.
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Sanctified in the truth
Many Christians struggle with the word “sanctified”. Because it seem presumptuous. And we don’t know how to feel about it.
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Between Easter 6 and 7 (Year B)
As we approach the end of Easter, we are confronted by the teaching Jesus offers—to keep loving long after he is gone—but instead we worry.