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Light in darkening times
During these darkening days, let us remember ancient practices which saw times of rising darkness as time to act to return the light.
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When everything changes
Beginning Advent with the Little Apocalypse inspires fear when we’d rather see joy—but reveals that we’re actually afraid of joy.
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Light—and how much we fear the dark
Our experience of the dark, of night, reminds us of our sense of being alone, and what we crave alongside safety is genuine connection.
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Between Proper 25 + 27 (Year A)
This week’s gospel comes to us as a final exam—not a random teaching. That context, in the last days, is central to our understanding of it.
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Actual Love
The dark parable Jesus tells challenges us, not to learn what to do, but to recall and do what we’ve already learned from him.
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Showing Up
This dynamic of showing up and doing because it’s the thing is at the heart of the gospel and Easter itself.
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The Way Through
When we hear Jesus’s apocalyptic talk, we often shut down. Which means we avoid hearing the good news itself.
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Beyond a Temple
We hear Jesus talk about division and the destruction of the Temple with a sense of fear while he offers hope.