For Sunday
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As frightening as last week’s apocalyptic talk is, the familiarity of John the Baptizer lulls us into a comfortable vision of Advent.
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We begin Advent with apocalyptic imagery, not to scare us straight as much as remind us that God’s promise is change.
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The teaching at the end of Matthew 25 serves to remind Christians of our focus: not to our own interests, but in helping those around us.
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This week we’re invited to reimagine the story we think we’re receiving—not as an invitation to do things, but to see what it begets.
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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.