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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When James and John request a special place, they make the mistake of thinking they’re better. We must resist thinking they’re worse.
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Following a leader into the unknown is never an easy proposition. Following when death and the end of the movement is even harder.
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In skipping over the third Passion prediction, the lectionary doesn’t help us connect the dots to the nature of the disciples’ error.
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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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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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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.