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Living — the gospel beyond future fears
When Jesus is confronted about his view of the resurrection, Jesus responds by pointing out his critics have a weak vision of living here.
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Our saints are the antidote — Revealing God’s dream
The saints help us see the alternative vision that Jesus offers: that we can actually love as we are loved and give as God gives.
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Jesus’s different way—for All Saints’ Day
The gospel for All Saints’ Day challenges us to see our place as being different in the world, to doing what may not come naturally, but could.
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Saints — on seeking a right way to live
The question we ask about our own lives: how am I to live? is often one that gets in the way of seeing what saints are really for: changing us.
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Remembering God is the hero in our story
The search for meaning, purpose, and place is deeply human. Jesus teaches his disciples to fixate less on what they do and more on who they are.
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Neighbors for love — Restoration at a time of division
The story of Jesus healing the ten suffering leprosy is a story about borders and boundaries and the way Jesus defies them all for love.
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Jesus in the Borderlands—for Proper 23C
This week’s gospel takes Jesus into the space between, the place to which neighbors cast out neighbors to punish and forget them.
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The very least you could do — for Proper 22C
Jesus teaches his apostles about faith and commitment — because they are afraid they can’t keep up with his commands for them.