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Between Proper 15 + 16 (Year B)
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3 min read
The ongoing themes in John 6 are easy to miss when we focus on the image Jesus offers of the bread of life. Here’s what we might miss.
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Beyond Misunderstanding
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8 min read
Most Americans are steeped in a tradition of binary thinking that does make decision making easier, but also a lot less honest.
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How to misunderstand with great effort
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1 min read
Episode 84 of the Make Saints podcast
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Unlocking the bigger picture
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5 min read
There’s a paradox in understanding other people—to being open to hear them and in their words not telling the whole story to us.
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On Literal and Metaphorical—for Proper 15B
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2 min read
This week’s gospel reflection is about how we take the meaning of an image, its linguistic challenge, and what we need to focus on.
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The game of not getting it
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2 min read
With following Jesus, the point is not to understand or to win, but to understand Jesus. To get what he is about and wants for us.
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