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Welcome to Bizarro World
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10 min read
There’s a certain kind of bizarro argument we put up with. An intentional deception which claims we’re all responsible for our demise. They’re wrong. I honestly couldn’t believe what I was reading. It was like buying a copy of Superman and finding the issue is really about Bizarro. Women should leave the dirty world of…
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Pipe Bombs and Fascists
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8 min read
We hide the truth behind violence and blind justifications. And yet our fears make the danger all the greater for those seeking the truth. Reading this morning that two more pipe bombs were prevented from being delivered to prominent Democrats, media, and civilians chills me to the bone. It leaves me fearful and confused; frustrated…
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change and resistance
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7 min read
I’m constantly hearing how people hate change for the sake of change. So why do we let our resistance to change off that same hook? While we often talk about not wanting change for the sake of change, we never talk about resistance to change for the sake of resistance. If we’re being intellectually honest…
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Jesus Keeps Walking
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9 min read
After Jesus makes his third passion prediction, his followers still don’t understand what it means to follow Jesus. And most of us don’t either. For Jesus, it isn’t just confronting power — it’s rejecting glory. Proper 24B | Mark 10:35-45 A few weeks ago, when we hosted our neighbors for our annual big blow-out communion…
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Becoming Beloved
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7 min read
Jesus wants us to talk about money. I know you don’t want me to talk about money. And you know I don’t want to talk about money. But here we are. Just like I didn’t want to talk about divorce last week, but there it was. Jesus wants us dealing with important stuff. Jesus is saying…
Make a New Normal
