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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The true seduction in the gospel
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4 min read
Reading the story of Salome is an opportunity for us to uncover the truth that we’d rather keep hidden: about power and control.
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Why is this a terrible decision?—for Proper 10B
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2 min read
It is easy for us to see what is terrible about Herod’s decision in the gospel this week. But we must focus on the implications of it all.
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Oath—the problem with promises
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1 min read
The commitments we make, to one another, to our families, to God, are all bound up in our character. Here’s how we get tangled up.
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Between Proper 9 + 10 (Year B)
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4 min read
As our focus shifts to John the Baptizer, let’s take a minute to put that shift into context, particularly with where Jesus is.
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What’s our work here?
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4 min read
In their desire to keep things as they are, the townspeople struggle with the opportunity Jesus offers them: to make a new normal.
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Home again?—for Proper 9B
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3 min read
Going home can be a kind of strained time travel. The past and present collide and people think we must always be the same. Always.