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Honest — the rewards we seek and the company we keep
The challenge for most of us isn’t that we lack the ability to do the right thing. It’s that we’re incentivized to not do it.
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Befriending the Spirit
Before the Pentecost event, Jesus reminds his followers that their work and comfort come are the same: relational and active and loving.
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Jesus’s Leave-Taking — the Ascension and modern discipleship
The Ascension of Christ is our opportunity to reflect on our relationship to Jesus, as followers and present participants.
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The Promise — True peace, the Spirit, and actually living
Jesus makes a promise to his disciples about presence and peace that is fundamentally different than the promises of the world.
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Loving People—the practice of being more like Jesus
Returning to the Last Supper, to the scene of great anxiety and fear, Jesus delivers a message of love when they are tempted to hate.
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Too close to Jesus? — Intimacy, love, and discipleship
When the disciples run into Jesus, Peter acts like a fool, jumping into the water. Peter is the way into that feeling, to examine ourselves.
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Living beyond fear — finding joy in life by sharing peace
In the first resurrection story in John, we explore the fear of the disciples and how they separate themselves from their own mission.
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The Discipline of Easter Monday
Easter is the season of the church built on the resurrection. And hopefully we’ve spent time preparing to do the work now!