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How to Pray
When we gather together, placing ashes on our foreheads to remember our mortality, we join a very public and common witness.
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Following through confusion
Sometimes what we see in the world isn’t real. Or more precisely, real in the way we imagine it. Because we aren’t actually listening.
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The Fear Blocks Them
What these three disciples witness on the mountaintop is beyond most of our comprehension. And we, too, focus on the wrong things.
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Between the Fifth and Last Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)
The mountaintop event is saturated with the disciples’ confusion. And is the crux of what happens after they come down the mountain.
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Seeing the Bigger Picture
There is so much unsaid in the text. We’ll miss how powerful it is. And how much we already assume is just clearly there.
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So many opportunities
The undercurrent of the early ministry of Jesus is how much opportunity he sees in what is to follow. And in how many see the same.
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Between the Third and Fourth Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)
Before we leave the call stories behind, we should really deal with what they mean for us. And for the gospel itself.
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Called Beyond Tradition
Being called to follow Jesus is an invitation to change. A process that naturally separates us from all that we called home.