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The Grace of Courage
A parable of wickedness told to the wicked creates a challenge for people of faith who seek to do good — it is a call to good courage.
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courage
Gracefully living in the now. Peter shows courage in naming Jesus Messiah. He also shows courage in standing up to Jesus in the moment. Jesus shows courage in confronting that temptation to avoid the challenge ahead of them. Following Jesus takes courage. It often seems like we encourage one another to display courage to benefit…
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The Time to Shine
The parable of the bridesmaids is a story of dysfunction in the middle of a pandemic. Which makes it pretty fitting for us.
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The most powerful thing Greta Thunberg has done is to speak the truth.
Our problem is we fear courage. We want it to work for us. Never hurt us. And only ever conform to our desires and hopes for the world.
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A New Chance
In Luke 21:25-36, we get a vision of the end which usually trips our fears, but Jesus reminds us that he’ll be with us, standing against the fear. In Advent, we begin with the end, because the end is only the beginning. Advent 1C | Luke 21:25-36 There’s a saying: Begin with the end in…
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Confronting Death
Jesus’s turn toward Jerusalem, following where we don’t want to go, and facing our own fears a Homily for Proper 17 A | Text: Matthew 16:21-28 Fearing Responsibility We are in the middle of a conversation. We always are. The passages of our lives are always small segments of a much longer story. A common place…
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Trusting Us: A Simple Act of Faith
a Homily for Easter 2A Text: John 20:19-31 Again, Thomas At one level, this is a simple story. Each year, the Second Sunday of Easter, we receive Thomas, the Twin. This is Easter. And Each year, we gather on that Easter and each year, Thomas misses it. A week later, like that fateful day 2000 years…