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The Long Walk of Doubt
The walk to Emmaus in Luke is a walk of doubt. And despite what we think is supposed to happen, that is the very time Jesus shows up.
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Peace in Our Time
When everyone is crazy–everyone is trying to make sense of everything. It’s noisy and confusing. God’s got an answer for that, right?
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Can We Even Easter?
It is tempting to try to cancel Easter for the pandemic. Or selfishly gather with foolish abandon. But at the heart of Easter is God’s presence.
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A Cruel Story
The crucifixion of Jesus is the picture of cruelty. It’s also a mirror for the way of our world, and then also reveals the Kin-dom.
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Serving Others
The new word Jesus offers on Maundy Thursday is not just a holy communion in bread and wine or washing of feet, but a transcending vision of service.
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Facing What’s Coming
Palm Sunday helps us see that the story isn’t about greatness or even weakness, but of facing an uncertain future through the grace of God.
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Unbound at Home
The raising of Lazarus gives us the perfect window to see beyond the present crisis, to see how God’s grace and freedom persists.
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When we are all blind
This isn’t a story of healing, but of spiritual blindness. A story about skepticism and the rhetorical knots we tie ourselves in. A story about seeing the truthLent 4A | John 9:1-41 The centerpiece of the story has to be the miracle, right? A stranger walks up, gives a man sight, and then keeps on…