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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For Sunday (Palm Sunday)
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2 min read
We begin Holy Week with Palm Sunday and move quickly to the Passion. But there’s a lot more there we are called to read.
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Palms—tradition, attachment, and meaning
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1 min read
The intellectual challenge of Palm Sunday in the midwestern United States is that the main symbol is not ours.
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Between Lent 5 & Holy Week (Year A)
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The gap between Lent 5 and Holy Week is small—or would be if we stayed in John. But instead, we jump back to Matthew.
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Even more like John
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3 min read
Dealing with the death and resurrection of Lazarus gives us several beautiful arcs and themes for deep conversation.
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The anxiety of grief
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2 min read
In the story of Mary seeking Jesus to heal Lazarus, we have a familiar image of grief. That we aren’t always rational.
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Meditate—letting your body digest scripture
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1 min read
How the Lenten discipline on studying and meditating on scripture (and Jesus) connects us with ourselves more deeply.