When everything changes
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Beginning Advent with the Little Apocalypse inspires fear when we’d rather see joy—but reveals that we’re actually afraid of joy.
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Beginning Advent with the Little Apocalypse inspires fear when we’d rather see joy—but reveals that we’re actually afraid of joy.
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We begin Advent with an apocalyptic gospel—here’s why it is not only fitting, but important for us to deal with our own apocalyptic lives.
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We usually read the parable of the bridesmaids as a teaching about preparedness. But it is a chilling challenge to selfish comforts.
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This week’s gospel comes to us as a final exam—not a random teaching. That context, in the last days, is central to our understanding of it.
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Jesus’s apocalyptic vision seems confusing. Until we focus on what he’s trying to say rather than what we hear.
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The season of Advent combines the sense of anticipating heaven in the now and at a moment some time in the future.
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When Jesus describes this apocalyptic vision, the terror is what we focus on. But Jesus wants us to see the hope.
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In Temple destruction and community division, Jesus paints a frightening picture with the reminder to not fear it.