Fear
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Between Proper 25 + 27 (Year A)
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4 min read
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
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9 min read
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
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6 min read
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
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8 min read
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
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3 min read
We hear Jesus talk about division and the destruction of the Temple with a sense of fear while he offers hope.
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Afraid — fear of change is still fear
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1 min read
Over and over again, Jesus tells us to not be afraid. So why is it that we insist on using fear as a justification?