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A Messy Temple
In all of the order of the Temple, we struggle to see the mess underneath; why things need to change; and even what to do about it.
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When Jesus starts a ruckus
What Jesus is up to in the Temple is distracting. But not nearly as much as our attempts to avoid dealing with his critiques of the Temple.
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To be citizens, not consumers of the Kin-dom
What is behind Jesus’s outrage at the Temple? And what does it means for us? It begins with how we see our part in the system.
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Between the Second and Third Sunday of Lent (Year B)
The move to Jesus’s actions known as the “cleansing” of the Temple offer us different ways to see our conflict and his purpose.
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The Following Day: Monday of Holy Week
“On the following day” Read the text: Mark 11:12-19 There are so few opportunities to see the anger of Jesus. We get so lulled by the images of the sweet Jesus, the stained-glass stick figure or the imagined bearded Caucasian with the sheep on his back and the children at his feet, that the Jesus with…