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Wading through grace
This one verse, John 3:16, is treated like an evangelism tool. The whole experience is of a verse taken completely out of context.
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Grace Upon Grace
At the heart of the Christmas season is God’s generosity. And our struggle to restrain it works against the very point of the holy day.
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Liberating Economics — the restorative love of Jesus in action
In the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, Jesus offers us a chance to look at our relationships completely differently: with generosity.
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Mercy. Always.
The problem with mercy is we don’t trust others with it. Which means, whether we like it or not, that we also don’t trust God with it.
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We are who we choose to be—for Proper 19A
This week, we wrestle with the nature of forgiveness and mercy. We do so knowing we might not want to offer it. But we can so choose to.
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Everything we love
It takes a leap, not certainty. A risk. Being wrong. Being changed. Growing. This is the character of our entire faith.
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In the humility of turbulent moments
Who do we take Jesus for? Messiah. Lord. Our titles speak to our relationship. But what do we expect for him?
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Repent — why we keep having to remember what it means
The word and the concept get us all twisted. We think we’ve got it. Or that the church does. And then we prove we don’t.