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We’re in this together—for Lent 3C
The human tendency to blame, to punish, or assume the worst — to compare — is at the center of Jesus’s call to cut it out.
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Repent — the virtue of a second chance
There is a way we focus on what the word has come to mean to us, rather than what it means to Jesus — another chance at grace.
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These Pharisees are not good enough — for Lent 2C
As they come to warn Jesus of Herod’s intentions, Jesus sends them back with a message: he know the king’s murderous intentions.
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Is Jerusalem the only place a prophet isn’t safe?
Jesus describes Jerusalem as the city that kills its prophets, and it forces us to deal with the brutal nature of national power.
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The Means Are the Ends—for Lent 1C
In the temptation in the wilderness, we get to see the challenge of power — not for Jesus exactly, but for every one of us instead.
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The power we won’t acknowledge
The relationship between the pursuit of control in our lives is also the pursuit of power over others and our environment, even our faith.
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In their confusion, a voice — for Epiphany Last C
The Transfiguration is a big, bold event, full of bombast, but present are disciples who are confused and frustrated. Much like we are.
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Transfigured — We are more than what we look like
The appearance and substance of Jesus is too often treated as separate, and relating to matter rather than our experience of him.