discipleship
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Making Room: A Simple Approach to Lent
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2 min read
To live a life less productive and more full of opportunity, is to live ready to change. I’m terrible at minimalism. Simplicity. Productivity. I’m always trying lifehacks and tips to get to Inbox Zero. I’m terrified of my to-do list and used countless schemes to organize my stuff. We put so much on ourselves, but does…
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Christianity Is More Than Kindness
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8 min read
We aren’t supposed to be kind. We’re not. Jesus didn’t die for us to be kind. He also didn’t die for us to be dicks, either. Or to fight over land. Or call people names. But being kind, being nice, that isn’t it. Being a good person, a kind and generous person is a truly important thing.…
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God Embodied
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9 min read
The birth story isn’t about Mary and Joseph; it is about how Jesus comes into the world. AND how Jesus keeps coming into the world. The purpose of the Christmas story Christmas 1C | Luke 2:41-52 The birth backstory Every year we anticipate the coming of Jesus, lighting candles, a new one each week; four…
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The Impractical Life
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9 min read
At some point we have to pick. Some pick at three. I’m a golfer. Or at seventy-three. I’m a priest. We pick a path. A life. Too often, though, we let a life pick us. [bctt tweet=”‘How will you help change the world?’” nofollow=”yes”] I always struggled with the question of what I want to be when I grow…
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What the Kingdom doesn’t look like
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7 min read
Simply getting rid of our stuff isn’t the action Jesus is calling for. Not exactly. Though it is certainly much closer than “GOD wants you to be rich.” Love and inheritance Proper 23B | Mark 10:17-31 A mind-blowing teaching We have arrived in Judea. Days ago we’ve predicted the Passion and watched Jesus transfigured on…
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Preach
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5 min read
“Woe is me if I preach not the gospel” Outside the chapel, Paul’s words belie the most simple of Christian conditions. The call to serve GOD through Christ is deeply personal. “Woe is me,” we might argue, “not woe is we.” Then we keep going. “Woe is me If I preach not the gospel.” This is on…