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The Money Distraction — then what should we care about?
We may be tempted to hear Judas’s suggestion of selling and giving the money away as a reasonable response — we shouldn’t.
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Graceful — The unity that lives behind our broken vision
The parable of the Prodigal Sons relies on a disconnect between both sons and the father — they believe they can live outside the family.
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Without Sin — the implicit bias that clouds our judgment
When people ask Jesus for a hot take on a recent scandal, he interrogates their assumption that the victims brought it on themselves.
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How to kill a prophet — a king’s guide to assassination
As Jesus is warned of his coming execution, he reminds us who is responsible for the executing and why the problem is really on them.
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To the glory of God
Exploring the temptation of power and the desire for control, we can see the ways we break community and our common purpose.
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Of remembering death and life
On Ash Wednesday, we remember that we are dust, that we are of the earth and will return to it, in a communal activity of living.
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What we tend to do when life gets complicated
It is easy, in the midst of confusion to not know who to listen to, so we can stop listening to anybody, including the one we need to hear.
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Why Jesus tells us to love our enemies
In commanding his disciples to love everybody, Jesus is pushing us to reject the thinking we think is natural, obvious, required of us.