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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Hallow—consecrating the normal
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1 min read
Hallow isn’t a word we ever really use. We encounter it sometimes in church and that’s about it. But it is amazing.
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Zacchaeus (Proper 26C)
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2 min read
When reading about Jesus meeting Zacchaeus, the man who climbed up the tree, chances are, we’re already invested.
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Changing Perspectives
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3 min read
When Jesus encounters Zacchaeus, we get a story that is more than encouragement for boldness in our own faith.
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Right or Just? (Proper 25C)
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1 min read
The parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector is an evocative teaching that complicates as we address it personally.
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Righteousness and Contempt
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3 min read
Again, it is tempting to take a parable from Jesus as an invitation to be better than others, even when we know better.
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Righteous as a dirty word
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1 min read
There is nothing wrong with doing right. Or with being confident that we are right. We shouldn’t think we are righteous.