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Dealing with divine authority in the truthiness era
Digging into the confrontation over authority in this week’s gospel, we might make interesting connections with our own conversations.
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Conflict and Trust—for Proper 21A
When Jesus is questioned about his authority, we are confronted with our own sense of it—and of trust, conflict, and how we are to each other.
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Between Proper 20 + 21 (Year A)
We’re moving into teachings from within the midst of Holy Week. And it is important to give ourselves that context to understand them.
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Yes, it really is all about the money
In a parable that draws our minds to fairness and merit, Jesus compels us to address how money affects our neighbors and neighborhoods.
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How our love of fairness blinds us—for Proper 20A
Wealth, hard work, and fairness are all tangled up in our imagination. This blinds us to our impact on the experiences of others.
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Between Proper 19 + 20 (Year A)
Jesus’s teachings on marriage, children, and wealth are a reminder of our weakness and how God’s dream is actually arranged.
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Mercy. Always.
The problem with mercy is we don’t trust others with it. Which means, whether we like it or not, that we also don’t trust God with it.
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We are who we choose to be—for Proper 19A
This week, we wrestle with the nature of forgiveness and mercy. We do so knowing we might not want to offer it. But we can so choose to.