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Putting ourselves in the mind of a jerk
In the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, we are invited to spend some time in the mind of the guy condemned for eternity.
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The most difficult Sunday to preach
Figuring out how to deal with Palm and Passion Sunday is tricky. And Christian tradition hasn’t made any of it any easier, or better.
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Could we just not focus on the money this time?
The ethical question Judas offers is so tempting. But what would it be if we didn’t think of it as an honest question? Because we shouldn’t.
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This is not the Way of Love
The challenge Jesus offers us is to look past our assumptions about sin and tragedy and instead toward what we do to each other.
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Killing Prophets and Other Imperialist Ideas
When Pharisees come to warn Jesus of the king’s plans, we are forced to confront our own sense of what this means and how to feel about it.
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We need to wrestle with the desire to control
In dealing with temptations of power, we are prone to understate what part control has in our lives, the desire to do what we want.
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We need something beyond humility
A tension in the Transfiguration event is how Jesus responds afterward — in decrying to the people’s faithlessness.
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The crazy idea that loving people actually works
People often concoct incredible scenarios to avoid dealing with the stuff Jesus is trying to say about loving the people around us.