For Sunday
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Division and Possessions
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Jesus’s keeps urging us to see our relationships (to the world, each other, and our stuff) entirely differently.
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Keeping things unclear
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The heart of this week’s gospel is Peter’s desire for clarity. But Jesus reveals that Peter wanted something else.
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Martha is distracted
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The Mary and Martha story in Luke is so familiar. We make typologies of the characters. And often avoid its significance.
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Hoping for Justification
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In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus offers a picture of compassion and generosity, rather than self-protection.
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“Peace to this house!”
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Jesus sends the twelve out to bring his work out into the world through them. Sometimes we get stuck on when it doesn’t work.
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Not getting the point
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The question is almost never Are the disciples right about this? It is almost always Why don’t they listen to Jesus?