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Seeing & Believing
When we find John the Baptist imprisoned, we may be tempted to settle on his doubt. But doubt isn’t his problem. He’s already convinced.
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Not the Same Old Same Old
The season we often use to anticipate Christmas can be an invitation to both plan and dream, not only what’s possible, but what God will make possible.
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Breathing Stillness
In the holiday season, we hear Jesus’s invite us to listen and hear in the midst of chaos—a call, not to ending it, but being in the center of it.
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The Innocent One Can’t Be King
Trying to make Christ into a king, we misunderstand the nature of power and its purpose. Especially our foolish attempts to wield it for good. The problem is powerProper 29CLuke 23:33-43 Here we are, at the end of the church year; the Last Sunday After Pentecost. Next week will be the first Sunday in Advent,…
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Jesus and the Dishonest Questioners
When Jesus is confronted in Jerusalem by the Sadducees, they ask a convoluted question about the afterlife. So Jesus changes the conversation.
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No Competition
The parable of the righteous man is a set-up. And we can’t help falling for it. Because we don’t know what to do with his being wrong.
