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Learning from Bartimaeus—for Proper 25B
As Jesus approaches Jericho, he meets a blind man named Bartimaeus, who reveals the other side of discpleship.
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Disciple—on staying in school
In the church, we often use words like “follow” and “disciple” as if we understand that our job is to keep learning and growing.
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Follow—are we ever really ready?
Following a leader into the unknown is never an easy proposition. Following when death and the end of the movement is even harder.
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Wealth—how much is too much?
The challenge of wealth for people in the United States is that we’d rather fight about what it implies about the person rather than their behavior.
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Let us all be free
Jesus engages the disciples in their distraction and confusion—naming the way they are becoming the temptation to sin.
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Let’s not jealously undermine a stranger
When the disciples see a stranger exorcizing a demon in the name of Jesus, they react strongly. And to this, Jesus reacts strongly.
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Seasoning—the saltiness of living well
When Jesus speaks of being salted with fire, he speaks of seasoning in life, in living, in hoping and experiencing God’s grace.
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Jesus leads with love—for Proper 20B
In the second passion prediction, Jesus again upends the disciples’ expectations (and ours) for a messiah, and for his followers.