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Preparing for Passion Week
Our anticipation of the Passion, for Holy Week, is intellectual and experiential. But what Jesus offers is a promise of participation.
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Liturgy—remembering together a holy week
The experience of gathering, remembering, sharing in the liturgy is essential for us in Holy Week, not just the Sundays before and after.
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Between the Fifth Sunday of Lent and the Passion (Year B)
The gap in the text this week is all of the events of Holy Week and what they represent: a political execution of a political dissident.
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Alberta misses the biggest problem with evangelicalism right now
In “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory,” Tim Alberta offers an insider’s critique of Evangelicalism. And he almost gets there.
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A theology of invitation
The most obvious thing about the gospel this week is not its loudest parts. It is that Andrew and Philip are doing the work of Jesus.
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Sharing Grace—for Lent 5B
When Jesus starts talking about glorification, we forget all about discipleship — because following Jesus is hard.
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Discipleship and the cost of following Jesus
Being a Christian in the United States is super easy. We have churches on every corner and it is the dominant religion by far.
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Between the Fourth and Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year B)
Preparing for this week’s gospel, we should remember the context is in the midst of Holy Week, amid the effort to silence Jesus.