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Loving the best way we can
The greatest challenge with being good is often that we don’t know what to do with our sense of evil; and when that is us.
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Between Proper 10 + 11 (Year A)
A couple pieces the lectionary skips over reveal a lot about the texts we’re reading. And much more about ourselves.
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The sabbath-stealing power of comparison
Comparing ourselves and other people is a perpetual and constant behavior we mistakenly believe makes us better.
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The false scarcity of good soil
Jesus doesn’t give us a challenging teaching here. It’s straight-forward. But our brains do something weird with it.
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Becoming Healthier Soil
The challenge of discipleship is not only becoming better or less bad. It is becoming self-aware enough to do either.
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Between Proper 9 + 10 (Year A)
The lectionary skips over teaching that essential: because it shows us how to understand what Jesus wants.
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The misguided misanthropy of selfish expectations
The concept of expectations is fraught with dissatisfaction and frustration. Because we make life individualistic.
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When we can’t carry it anymore
Figuring out what to preach this week is hard enough. But when Jesus goes off on a whole generation, we should take note.