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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Change as new witness—for Pentecost
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2 min read
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
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1 min read
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)
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4 min read
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
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6 min read
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
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2 min read
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
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1 min read
Many Christians struggle with the word “sanctified”. Because it seem presumptuous. And we don’t know how to feel about it.