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Why being the Devil’s Advocate is a bankrupt profession
We love the idea. And the phrase is so common. Offer a different perspective. Doesn’t matter if its useful. Make sure we talk anyway.
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To be at least something like God
Our gospel this week returns to ideas of love and authority. Two concepts that seem, at first, to have nothing to do with each other. And yet…
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Reluctance and Commands—for Proper 25A
When Jesus tells the lawyer that loving God and our neighbor as ourselves is the greatest commandment, are we truly with him?
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Love isn’t really a suggestion
We find it easy to excuse retaliation or xenophobia as natural or necessary—an exception. But the rule is love. It is our command.
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Between Proper 24 + 25 (Year A)
This week, the lectionary skips over the confrontation with the Sadducees over Levirate Marriage. Another attempt to trap and discredit Jesus.
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Living the Dream
In our rush to live in a just world, we may find ourselves preventing the very means of making things just — that we are called to this.
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When we start the clock
When we focus on a moment, control how we see it, isolate our vision, we think we’re looking for the truth, but we’re blinding ourselves from it.
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War Is a No-Win Situation
The popular phrase “war is hell” is close. But unlike hell, we think we can win it. Do it. And be called heroes for killing many, many people.
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