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Is He Tempted? (a reflection)
The story of Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness is an invitation to examine our own relationship with power.
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Between – the Transfiguration and the Temptation
As we prepare for Lent, the lectionary will have us jump back to Matthew 4, for the temptation: which reverberates everywhere.
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Transfiguring (Epiphany Last A)
Working with the Transfiguration can be challenging. It has fantastic and captivating elements that demand attention.
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Up the Mountain
In the Transfiguration, three disciples follow Jesus up the mountain. And how they react to what they witness is everything.
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Alone—when solitude and presence meet
At the Transfiguration, a few disciples see Moses and Elijah appear with Jesus. Then, when they blink, Jesus is alone.
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“You have heard it said…”
Jesus’s teaching in the Sermon on the Mount continues with a new look at old material. A method both familiar and new.
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Salty (Epiphany 5A)
In the passage right after the Beatitudes, Jesus describes his followers as being like salt. And a light, too.
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Still poor in spirit
Before we can talk about being “the salt of the earth” we must remember the Beatitudes and our poverty in spirit.