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The Night Meeting Scenario — the Secrets of Redeeming Grace
Jesus’s encounter with Nicodemus is a beautiful expression of what love and devotion might look like, when we begin to uncover it ourselves.
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Reflecting on Nicodemus and Fear — for Lent 2A
Part of the challenge of the story of Nicodemus visiting Jesus at night is that we are too accepting of the inherent conflict.
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In Secret — the internal conflict of an open faith
Jesus’s teaching on secrecy and openness is complex. A more fundamental truth is needed for making sense of it: honesty.
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The simple faith
The Trinity is a famously difficult concept for people to get. But that is only because we make it way harder on ourselves to begin with.
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Wrestling Three at Once
Preparing for Trinity Sunday is different than most other Sundays. Because there is stuff we just have to do with the Trinity.
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The Ongoing Divine Mystery—for Trinity Sunday
The challenge of speaking of the Trinity is that it is a mystery, a kind of paradox, that we think we must solve rather than love.
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Plenty of Road
Lent is a season of discipline. This week’s gospel is a real test for our ability to keep our focus on the goal.
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Night time as the right time
Jesus’s encounter with Nicodemus is a story rich with possibility, value-judgment, and expectations. Reading it that way helps.