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The Inevitable Search for Eternal Life
In a story we assume is about wealth, Jesus reveals our misconceptions about life, grace, and the human project.
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Obstacles – A reflection for Proper 21B
For SundayEighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Collect O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,…
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Jesus Keeps Teaching
Jesus teaches about God’s dream for creation, even as those closest to him misunderstand. Even as we misunderstand.
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From a Mustard Seed
For SundayThird Sunday after Pentecost Collect Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one…
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Making us squirm
In a parable about laborers in the vineyard, Jesus shows us that to see the Kingdom, we have to look differently.
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Facing What’s Coming
Palm Sunday helps us see that the story isn’t about greatness or even weakness, but of facing an uncertain future through the grace of God.
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Hate as an unlikely virtue
Jesus keeps defying expectations. In the midst of great celebrity, he now defies the low expectations the followers have for themselves.
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Between: Luke 13:18-14:6
A look at the gaps in the lectionary. This week: the gap between Proper 16C and Proper 17C. The text: Luke 13:18-14:6 Jesus’s trip to the synagogue last week introduces an interesting power dynamic. Jesus heals a woman, knowing he’s not supposed to. Today, if Jesus were a priest in The Episcopal Church, he’d be…