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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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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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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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.
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Rather than think of mercy as something we’re supposed to do when something happens, we cast it as a way of being in the world.
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While this week’s gospel may feel straightforward, how we get to it is essential. And like Peter, we may stumble into the right answer.
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Jesus doesn’t offer us rules for shunning. He offers us an opportunity to reconnect and restore the community we break apart.