Advent 2A
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To Be Free We Must Give Up on Violence
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8 min read
The prophetic voices of Isaiah and John the Baptist reveal the limits of our obsession with power against the boundless purifying love of Jesus.
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What’s their angle? —for Advent 2A
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2 min read
John the Baptist responds to the Pharisees and Sadducees with an incredulity we must notice. That it isn’t about defensiveness, but justice.
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Here’s Johnny! (Advent 2A)
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2 min read
In the gospel for Advent 2A, we are introduced to John the Baptist; who proceeds to spit truth that we aren’t ready for.
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These particular children of Abraham
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3 min read
The message of John the Baptist challenges all of the ways we put identity before love, and invites us to change that.
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Not the Same Old Same Old
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10 min read
The season we often use to anticipate Christmas can be an invitation to both plan and dream, not only what’s possible, but what God will make possible.
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Lions don’t want to eat straw
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8 min read
The Incarnation Is More Radical Than We Care To Admit. Advent 2A | Isaiah 11:1-10 Isaiah 11:1-3 A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel…