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Between Proper 25 + 26. Or All Saints.
Let’s dive into the context for both choices we get for this Sunday. Continue the story into Matthew 23, or honor all of the saints?
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To be at least something like God
Our gospel this week returns to ideas of love and authority. Two concepts that seem, at first, to have nothing to do with each other. And yet…
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Reluctance and Commands—for Proper 25A
When Jesus tells the lawyer that loving God and our neighbor as ourselves is the greatest commandment, are we truly with him?
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Love isn’t really a suggestion
We find it easy to excuse retaliation or xenophobia as natural or necessary—an exception. But the rule is love. It is our command.
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Between Proper 24 + 25 (Year A)
This week, the lectionary skips over the confrontation with the Sadducees over Levirate Marriage. Another attempt to trap and discredit Jesus.
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How our limited imagination gets stuck on taxes
When asked about the Law and paying taxes, Jesus gives a response many are far too eager to see as supporting separation.
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The Idol Separation of Powers—for Proper 24A
In our reflection for this Sunday, we examine what it is we want this gospel to do and why. And why this misses Jesus’s mark for us.
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Why citizenship isn’t really the question
In asking Jesus about taxes, and whether it is right under the Law of Moses to pay them, we might miss what is really being asked here.