Tag: healing

  • Between Proper 5 and 6 (Year A)

    Between Proper 5 and 6 (Year A)

    This week’s gap between the lectionary readings seems like just a couple more healing stories. But we aren’t reading many.

  • Three Stories

    Three Stories

    In these stories, Jesus makes miracles. But that is only possible because people fail to see the change we can make.

  • More than a healing (Lent 4A)

    More than a healing (Lent 4A)

    When Jesus gives sight to the man born blind, faith leaders try to destroy all the good that Jesus is doing.

  • A Cause for Celebrating

    A Cause for Celebrating

    The story of Jesus healing a man’s blindness should be joyous. Instead, faith leaders are making everyone miserable.

  • The In-Between

    The In-Between

    In healing ten people with leprosy in the borderlands between Samaria and Galilee, Jesus offers us a way to see life anew.

  • Healing of the Ten (Proper 23C)

    Healing of the Ten (Proper 23C)

    In this evocative story from the midst of the borderlands, Jesus places himself as a border-crosser and boundary-breaker.

  • In the Borderlands

    In the Borderlands

    The borderlands are as much a character in the story this week as any of the people. What we make of that is essential.

  • More Division (Proper 16C)

    More Division (Proper 16C)

    In this week’s gospel, we’re dealing with more division—and getting a different take on what that means for us.