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He is Risen!
The sign seemed pretty mundane. But they have no idea how their advertising defangs the power Easter can have for Christian communities. There’s a certain Methodist church I pass daily. They have an electronic sign which can display upcoming events and fancy graphics. It’s the kind of thing which inspires in me both jealousy and…
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This Thursday of Holy Week 2019
Watching Notre Dame, the echoes of Holy Week reverberated. The warning of the temple’s destruction, of course. But also the call to listen.
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This Wednesday of Holy Week 2019
The chief priests and scribes conspire to kill Jesus. Not because they don’t like him. But precisely because they feel justified in wanting to kill him.
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This Monday of Holy Week 2019
After Jesus enters Jerusalem at the beginning of the week, he laments the Temple and its future.
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The United Methodist Church didn’t listen to Jesus yesterday.
Today the United Methodist Church stepped away from unity. In fact, the only path toward unity was on the table and a simple majority rejected it.
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an ideal marriage
On Saturday, a bishop of the church rejected the authority of the Episcopal Church. The next morning, scripture rebuked him. Of course, nobody thinks this started on Saturday. We’ve been fighting about sex for decades. But Saturday, something new happened. Bishop William Love, as The Episcopal Bishop of Albany, you wrote a pastoral letter to…
