For Sunday – Drew Downs

After the Violence—for Proper 27A

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We usually read the parable of the bridesmaids as a teaching about preparedness. But it is a chilling challenge to selfish comforts.

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In our reflection for this Sunday, we examine what it is we want this gospel to do and why. And why this misses Jesus’s mark for us.

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There’s something about parables we just get. They connect with us better than any other teaching. And they have far more depth.

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With a parable of wickedness, our minds turn to their own kind of wickedness, not redemption, or goodness. But they could.

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Wealth, hard work, and fairness are all tangled up in our imagination. This blinds us to our impact on the experiences of others.

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When helping people right their wrongs, it’s easy to find wrongs everywhere—and being the one to save them.