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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Loud
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Of what are we afraid? One of the things that strikes me about this week’s reading from Mark (10:46-52) is how much loudness is seen as a problem. The man is shouting and the disciples want him to be quiet. Who among us can’t relate? The person in the checkout line shouting at her kinds,…
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A path to love
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For Sunday, the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost Collect Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with…
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Glory
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It is like losing the plot The hallmark of our faith is humility. Jesus teaches us to be humble, serve, and seek first the kingdom of God. So what then do we do with fame, wealth, and glory? Usually, we take them as opposite. Until we have them. Then we generally call it a “blessing…
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Not wealth, grace
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When Jesus tells us about the problems with wealth, we get hung up on whether or not he means us. But that isn’t the point. For the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 23B Collect Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good…
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Stumble
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It’s about other people There’s a challenging phrase Jesus uses in the gospel of Mark: stumbling block. He tells his followers not to be a stumbling block: the block positioned at someone’s feet that trips them. That causes them to stumble and fall. While it is easy to think Jesus doesn’t want us to get…
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God doesn’t insist I be better
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For Sunday – October 3, 2021:the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Collect Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and…