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Dividing is an active verb
When we read about Jesus and division, we are often prone to justify our own actions rather than engage with his point.
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Disciple—and the process of change
The way we talk about faith is in the language of membership rather than the language of growing and changing.
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It’s not about leadership exactly
This week’s gospel is too easily taken as a reflection on leadership, or the need for better leaders. That’s not it.
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Misplaced Accuracy
When Jesus transgresses boundaries, he exposes the way people focus on the wrong thing. Like when we do it, too.
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Between Easter 5 + 6 (Year A)
The struggle we have, entering into this particular gospel, is to recognize just how much context can reshape our vision of it.
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The Way is Right in Front of Us
This week, we get a familiar example of the challenge of literalism. How we struggle to see the answer is in front of us.
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Confrontation
The image of the shepherd challenges the comfortable, moderate church to be responsible for our common safety.
