Tag: discipleship

  • Our Time

    Our Time

    John the Baptist and Andrew offer a hopeful vision of faith, adaptation, and trust at a time of great change.

  • Beloved

    Beloved

    John the Baptist isn’t the Messiah. He’s the prophet preparing the way. But we can see what Jesus is doing.

  • Talking About Devastation (Proper 28C)

    Talking About Devastation (Proper 28C)

    In Temple destruction and community division, Jesus paints a frightening picture with the reminder to not fear it.

  • All the Saints (All Saints’ Day)

    All the Saints (All Saints’ Day)

    In celebrating the feast of All Saints’ Day, we are given a most challenging opportunity: to see ourselves differently.

  • Shifting Perspective

    Shifting Perspective

    Jesus invites his disciples to look beyond the power, the expectations, and the culture to see what God is doing.

  • The Rich Man, Manager, God, and Wealth (Proper 20C)

    The Rich Man, Manager, God, and Wealth (Proper 20C)

    In this week’s gospel, Jesus tells a parable about a rich man who is going to fire a manager. Of course there’s more to it.

  • Faithful—doing right when everything seems wrong

    Faithful—doing right when everything seems wrong

    The challenge of doing “right” is not so much in knowing, but in dealing with the sense of many rights. And which is most “good.”

  • Deal with the hate or possessions? (Proper 18C)

    Deal with the hate or possessions? (Proper 18C)

    How we approach this week’s gospel may depend on exactly the need we think most needs addressed. Either is just the start.