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Messiah and a new kind of leader
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1 min read
The word “Messiah” is loaded with meaning—then and now. And that meaning is built around expectations that Jesus won’t embody.
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Between Proper 18 + 19 (Year B)
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9 min read
Between the gospels this week is a collection of snippets that help us see the way the disciples are starting to miss the point.
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Radiate Love
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8 min read
The grace Jesus offers in these healing stories is a grace of transformation, of change, of the true hope of learning to be new.
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When we feel as if there is nothing we can do
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1 min read
a poem about feeling helpless, hopeless, in the face of political division—and why we ought to trust our instincts.
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Jesus changes his mind
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7 min read
In these two encounters with the Syrophoenician woman and the deaf man, seeing Jesus change his mind allows us to do the same.
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When he breaks the rules—for Proper 18B
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2 min read
When Jesus heals the Syrophoenician woman, he is breaking a rule he never intended to break. What are those rules for us?
Make a New Normal
