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Liberated to Love
Christian tradition has a troubled past with purity, making it another thing to adhere to rather than a matter of love and grace.
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Grace for All
Thousands of people abandon Jesus before the end of John 6. Because they are far more interested in him than in where he is going.
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Beyond Misunderstanding
Most Americans are steeped in a tradition of binary thinking that does make decision making easier, but also a lot less honest.
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To Soften Our Hearts
As followers of Jesus, we are comfortable with the idea of the Good News as work. Less so with what that means for our lives.
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Choosing to Avoid
In the disturbing story of John the Baptizer’s death, we are invited to see the power in creating a delusion of false helplessness.
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Choosing to Live
When Jesus is stymied in his hometown, we may be tempted to hear their stubbornness as rational, rather than what it is: delusional.
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Our own healing hands
The most difficult part of this week’s gospel isn’t the healings Jesus makes possible so much as what the healings mean for us.
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There must be something I should be doing.
When Jesus and the disciples are caught out in a storm, it is telling how they respond. And more importantly how they don’t.