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The student’s dilemma—for Proper 6B
Jesus offers two teachings this week, beginning each with a familiar phrase “the kingdom is like” inviting his followers to look from different views.
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Dreams are too important for your skepticism
We treat dreams as optional rather than vital and skepticism like something virtuous and real. This arrangement reinforces failure.
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Between Proper 5 + 6 (Year B)
Before we find ourselves in the comfortable place of receiving parables on a Sunday morning, we have to see the context.
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Our responsibility to the whole human family
Jesus pushes us on the theological convictions we take for granted—and invites us to develop a greater trust in our common work together.
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Is it worth seeing in the theater?
As a movie person, I love going to movie theaters. So why don’t we go anymore? Perhaps we should stop pretending it is about the movies.
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This family comes first
We struggle with talking about family because we have conflicting ideas about the idea, and more importantly, how we embody it.
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A Bigger Family—for Proper 5B
We focus this week on the way Jesus redefines family. And why this whole story gives us trouble in a world devoted to the nuclear family unit.

