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Writing about communication
The challenge of communicating with others is that we all have our own expectations. And we act like they’re the same.
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Healing of the Ten (Proper 23C)
In this evocative story from the midst of the borderlands, Jesus places himself as a border-crosser and boundary-breaker.
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In the Borderlands
The borderlands are as much a character in the story this week as any of the people. What we make of that is essential.
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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.

