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 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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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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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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Many Christians struggle with the word “sanctified”. Because it seem presumptuous. And we don’t know how to feel about it.
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As we approach the end of Easter, we are confronted by the teaching Jesus offers—to keep loving long after he is gone—but instead we worry.
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The challenge of preaching about love is that we either treat it as an emotion we like or as cover for doing things we want to excuse.