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Wealth is always relational
When talking about God’s blessing, we are necessarily confronted with the idea that we always seem to start talking about possessions.
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A Salvation Sing-Along
In the presentation of Jesus at the Temple, we may be drawn to a vision of salvation that is more metaphor than real, present, alive.
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Jesus preaches a relevant sermon
Preaching on the preaching of Jesus requires we decide whether we are the subject or the agent or the observer and we are all three.
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What the wedding at Cana reveals about us
In preparing to preach on the wedding at Cana story, we have several options, but always present is Jesus’s economics.
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Letting go of the old world
In the baptism of Jesus, we are invited into old debates about the nature of Jesus and baptism, but a bigger debate is right there.
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Even more talk of changing the world
Wrestling a sermon for Sunday about the visit with Elizabeth and Magnificat point to a political truth about Mary’s place in the story.
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Why this is the good news we hate to hear
The good news offered by John the Baptist is a message against exploitation, fraud, and abuse that is normal to the powerful.
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The improbable preaching of John the Baptist
When John the Baptist appears in Luke, we are treated to the context, the excitement, and the vision of what is now happening.