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How our love of fairness blinds us—for Proper 20A
Wealth, hard work, and fairness are all tangled up in our imagination. This blinds us to our impact on the experiences of others.
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Right — and the wrongness of individual gain
Our sense of what is right is linked to our sense of responsibility. This doesn’t always lead to the best decisions or expectations.
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Between Proper 19 + 20 (Year A)
Jesus’s teachings on marriage, children, and wealth are a reminder of our weakness and how God’s dream is actually arranged.
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Forgiveness is the given
Our brains start with the wrong presumption. Forgiveness, not punishment, is the starting place for dealing with our neighbors.
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A Better Follower: Why More Followers Need To Lead
We think of leading and following as separate and independent. This leaves us exceptionally unable to properly follow good leaders.
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The insufferable dullness of being realistic
When we think we are being realistic, we think we are helping. We have no idea that we are actually offering the situation very little.
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Mercy. Always.
The problem with mercy is we don’t trust others with it. Which means, whether we like it or not, that we also don’t trust God with it.
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We are who we choose to be—for Proper 19A
This week, we wrestle with the nature of forgiveness and mercy. We do so knowing we might not want to offer it. But we can so choose to.
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