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Mistakes — when there is no “wrong thing”
We can be so eager to punish mistakes — ours and the ones others make. But that doesn’t seem to be what Jesus is doing.
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Nobody actually tries to fight fire with fire
It’s a dumb saying. It wasn’t always so. But if we better understood what it is trying to tell us, we’d all benefit.
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Shifting Perspective
Jesus invites his disciples to look beyond the power, the expectations, and the culture to see what God is doing.
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I missed a day
Writing everyday is a discipline. Missing a day is less a failure than an opportunity to practice commitment.
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Some Sayings of Jesus (Proper 22C)
In this collection of sayings, the most obvious teaching is the mustard seed. But there are different ways to approach this.
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The Faith We Struggle to Embody
Jesus offers several teachings that don’t seem related. But one thing that connects them is we don’t want to embody them.
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Size — hope and an aspirational faith
The parable of the mustard seed is a treasured teaching we seem woefully unable to embody. At least we wish we could.
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