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Revealed
In Matthew’s parables, we are offered different visions of God’s dream for humanity, but we struggle to hear what Jesus is revealing. Proper 11A | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 The first time I knew that God was real, I was in seminary. While some of you might think that’s crazy, I know some of you know…
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Centrism’s Flaw
How centrism is often a morally dubious position to hold. You argue with a friend and it’s getting heated. You’re feeling confident and they’re getting stubborn and you feel your throat tighten. You go outside of yourself and say wait a second. Your impulse is to chill out the conversation for the sake of the relationship.…
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8 Reasons to reform civil asset forfeiture
Civil asset forfeiture is proof the way we talk about regulation is wrong. It isn’t the amount of regulation that matters. What matters is the way we regulate. Created as a tool to go after organized crime and those who might use their wealth to elude the police, civil asset forfeiture gives police at all…
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Skip the Vacation Advice. This is What We Really Need.
We don’t need vacation advice. We need forgiveness for going on vacation. Maybe you’re like me and struggle with going on vacation. It isn’t easy to leave work or home. Packing the car and getting away long enough to forget about the other stuff. So we go looking for vacation advice. Or maybe it’s worse.…
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To Not Be Righteous
As followers of Jesus, we are called into discipleship. But that doesn’t mean being more righteous than our neighbors but merely generous. Proper 8A | Matthew 10:40-42 This short gospel reading doesn’t seem like much. But if you’ve been following along the last few weeks, then you know it is anything but simple. Not even…
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Getting Caught in the Big Lie
I am mesmerized by this video. A moment of revealing the Big Lie. The lie we tell ourselves, each other, about the world, about politics, about life, about truth. This lie is pervasive and dishonest. It is what it says it is. The deceit of the human connection and condition. The transformation of all that…
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The Bonds of Christianity go beyond the Bible
Last week, I found myself on the outside of a Christian community. It’s a strange feeling. I honestly didn’t know what to make of it. I was angry. Confused. Not sure what was going on. It was, after all, a simple Facebook group and therefore inconsequential. But the circumstances felt very prescient and significant. A…
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A ‘Kum Bah Ya’ Moment
In Matthew 10:24-39, we find the downside of discipleship, the hard stuff which would drive us away from it. If we didn’t know what’s at stake. Proper 7A | Matthew 10:24-39 There are certain times preachers don’t want to take on the gospel. Often because it’s hard to talk about money or sex or divorce.…
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