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What good is love?—for Epiphany 7C
In the command to love, we are invited into a relationship that is neither weak nor stuck, but full of fidelity and life-affirming grace.
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Conviction and turning the other cheek
There is a certain depiction in US culture that the command to love is weak, but it is actually the primary building block of protest.
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Blessings and Woes—for Epiphany 6C
In the sermon on the plain, Jesus outlines a relationship to the Kin-dom that is based, not on virtue, but on our relationship to others.
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Blessing — it’s complicated, actually
How many of us conceive of blessing is predicated on an ancient prejudice. That we are good and deserving and others aren’t.
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Between Epiphany 5 + 6 (Year C)
After the calling of the disciples, we have a sequence of events that sets them up for deeper learning and understanding in Jesus.
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Good Enough — for Epiphany 5C
In the story of Jesus’s calling of the disciples, we see Jesus connect with someone he has already helped, showing him even more.
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Pressing — when Jesus plays hard to get
In the gospels, the crowds begin to press Jesus and become dangerous. We rarely contend with what this means for us, too.
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Between Epiphany 4 + 5 (Year C)
In gap in the lectionary, we explore what Jesus is up to before he starts calling his disciples, and think about why it matters.