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How our limited imagination gets stuck on taxes
When asked about the Law and paying taxes, Jesus gives a response many are far too eager to see as supporting separation.
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The Idol Separation of Powers—for Proper 24A
In our reflection for this Sunday, we examine what it is we want this gospel to do and why. And why this misses Jesus’s mark for us.
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Why citizenship isn’t really the question
In asking Jesus about taxes, and whether it is right under the Law of Moses to pay them, we might miss what is really being asked here.
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Between Proper 23 + 24 (Year A)
The passage we are moving into is so often taken for a story of binaries, separation, and articulation, but the question is filled with dishonesty.
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Actual Love
The dark parable Jesus tells challenges us, not to learn what to do, but to recall and do what we’ve already learned from him.
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The Collapsing Boundaries of War
War messes with our moral compass. But it is the sense of inevitability that does far more damage. Our work is to enforce those boundaries.
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The Condemned
The parable is dark and disturbing. It doesn’t play out as we expect. And we’re not sure what it is supposed to mean. But maybe we should.
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If one is Praying for Peace…
Then one is praying for new life. Hope. And everything that can come from it. Joy. And everyone who can experience it. And justice for all.
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