Abundance
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The big mistake in how we talk about regulations
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9 min read
Most of our public discussions about regulations exist to erase them, rather than understand that they aren’t what’s in the way of progress.
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Salt—remembering what’s important
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1 min read
In a world in which there is too much salt in our food, can we truly appreciate what salt even does for us?
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Two Boatloads Too Many
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7 min read
Jesus calls Peter to follow him in a stunning moment of abundance. One that’s likely to frighten us by its implications.
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The Dangerous Side of Blessing
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3 min read
Jesus almost breaks their nets and sinks their boats. We refuse to recognize that great abundance is not objectively good.
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All Ate and Were Filled
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4 min read
All Ate and Were Filled (Day 20 of A Simple Lent) Thursday Outside of the Passion story or maybe Luke’s version of the birth story, there are few stories about Jesus that are as universally known as the Feeding of the Multitudes. If I were to ask you to tell the story, you probably could. It…
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Finding Abundance in Deserted Places
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6 min read
Our Part in the Feeding of the Multitudes The challenge of the story as we receive it is that we think its all about Jesus and His magic hands. The Eucharistic metaphor gets us thinking that for sure. But the story isn’t about reversing scarcity, but finding abundance in deserted places. a Homily for Proper 13 A Text: Matthew 14:13-21…