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Choosing to Avoid
In the disturbing story of John the Baptizer’s death, we are invited to see the power in creating a delusion of false helplessness.
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Avoiding Pain
This story is less about the miracle of giving sight to the blind, but the way the leaders avoid seeing grace.
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What we don’t talk about reveals us anyway
Being honest and sharing our feelings isn’t easy. But we’re deceiving ourselves if we think we can avoid the truth.
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Facing the truth
Jesus challenges the Temple leaders to change. And we’re being invite to do the same. Even in the midst of a pandemic.
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The difference between justification and mercy
We make a habit of justification. We just want to explain. There was a reason we weren’t there. Something. Anything to avoid mercy. A justification is often the grounding upon which we make a case. We hope that everything we do is justified. That’s how we often think about it. But it isn’t how we…
