discipleship
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Standing Against the World
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6 min read
When Jesus says that we are not “of the world,” he isn’t talking spiritually. We try to avoid thinking about what it really means for us.
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Trust in Love
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6 min read
In the Ascension, we are invited to reflect on the departure of Jesus from his disciples, and why it is that we always hate goodbyes.
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Between Easter 6 and 7 (Year B)
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4 min read
As we approach the end of Easter, we are confronted by the teaching Jesus offers—to keep loving long after he is gone—but instead we worry.
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Love—we have to learn it
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1 min read
We often treat love like an emotion that we merely experience. But Jesus commands us to love, to treat it like a behavior we are to learn.
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Inseparable
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6 min read
As Jesus describes himself as the vine and we are the branches, he compels us to reexamine the way we approach our world.
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Are we too obsessive? Yes. Yes we are.
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8 min read
We’re conflicted by the thought that God is responsible and also so are we, making it about our own obsessions with getting it right.