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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Between Proper 10 + 11 (Year A)
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4 min read
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
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5 min read
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
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4 min read
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
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2 min read
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)
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4 min read
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
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4 min read
The concept of expectations is fraught with dissatisfaction and frustration. Because we make life individualistic.