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Just a Little Bit Better — on the low bar of faith
In describing the path before them, Jesus offers metaphors of salt and light to inspire us, but the least we can do is not be total jerks.
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Blessing is an Invitation to Build Something Better
In the Beatitudes, we find ourselves pushing against our own priorities, against the priorities the world pushes upon us, to divide us, despise us.
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Transcendent, Beautiful — the call to follow Jesus
Jesus calls disciples with metaphor; an invitation that draws them into something beyond themselves, their history, and even their understanding.
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A Beautiful Gift — Of Tending Sheep and Watching Stars
In revealing the incarnation to shepherds and star watchers, we are given the sharp contrast of God’s love and joy against the madness of kings.
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Love From the Beginning — a Gift of Grace and Truth
The prologue to John reminds us of the eternal nature of God and the particular joy of the Incarnation gives us everlasting comfort and joy.
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All Of Us — the Revolutionary Spirit of Christmas
In the Christmas story, we are invited to see our world from the other side, from the way God longs us to live with others in it.
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Trust — the Love of God, Hope of the World
In the person of Joseph, God trusts in a human to trust in the mission, to raise the Messiah, to be a beacon of hope to the world.
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Persevere — How to Rejoice in the Prophetic Promise of Jesus
It was the promise that brought the crowds into the wilderness. It isn’t an obsessive attachment to certainty that unites us with true joy.