Gospel
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Christians often struggle with what is required for new life: that we accept that death has a part to play. We’d rather think the point is to live forever.
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As the disciples move closer to Jerusalem, our awareness of the journey mirrors theirs: distracted, distant, and self-directed.
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There’s always something. A question. Curiosity. Frustration. Exploring that stuff is where the real action is.
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There’s a consistency to our talk of decline. What to blame. How to fix it. Talk and action. Still missing the point.
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Gospel, like “good news” is loaded. And WE don’t always like it. But the question was never whether we like it.
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We start with the question: What is the story so far? This week, we recognize that the story came to a sort of end in what we call the Old Testament (or Hebrew Scripture). It also marks a beginning in the New Testament (or Greek Scripture). Those of us who read genre fiction or watch…