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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The invitation to change—to be changed or to change the world around us—is both necessary and something we avoid.
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a mustard seed, yeast, treasure, a pearl. Something valuable. But what IS it? That things can actually be better than this.
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Abundance and accumulation—when we deal with the desires to have something (even the Kingdom), the limit remains us.
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The gap in the lectionary this week tells of the telling of parables. Is it valuable to the reader? Well, probably not.
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We have a tendency to focus on the negative. Thinking it’s what we’re supposed to do. It’s actually a distraction.
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Many of us pretend this symbol is both innocent and inspiring. That it isn’t political. But it always is—especially in nature.