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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Unholy Expectations
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9 min read
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
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2 min read
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
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1 min read
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)
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9 min read
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
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7 min read
In these two encounters with the Syrophoenician woman and the deaf man, seeing Jesus change his mind allows us to do the same.
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When he breaks the rules—for Proper 18B
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2 min read
When Jesus heals the Syrophoenician woman, he is breaking a rule he never intended to break. What are those rules for us?