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Not Me. Us.
Jesus reorients us so we can see just how far we are from where we’re supposed to be headed. And that means changing focus.
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Deserting Jesus
It is easy to follow Jesus when we like what he offers us. Much harder when he challenges us to commit to a group project.
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When everyone leaves
For SundayThirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Collect Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever…
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They wanted seconds
For SundayTenth Sunday after Pentecost Collect Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and…
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About the Feeding
For SundayNinth Sunday after Pentecost Collect O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus…
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Needing a break
For SundayEighth Sunday after Pentecost Collect Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your…
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Limits of Power / Limits of Belief
For SundaySixth Sunday after Pentecost Collect O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord,…
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Jesus’s Backup
This troubling passage about family isn’t about who is in the family, but about what being family means for the world.