Tag: Leprosy

  • 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.

  • Walking Between Two Worlds

    a homily for Proper 23CText: Luke 17:11-19 If we were to take out a map to look for Jesus, where He is in the gospel, we’d find He isn’t really that far from where He started. Jesus is heading to Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Directly north of Judea is Samaria. North of that is…

  • Outside the walls of the city

    a homily for Epiphany 6B                       Text: Mark 1:40-45 Nudy Trees My daughter and I have this little game. We point out the nudy trees to one another. She shouts: “That tree’s nudy!” Then she squeals and says “there’s another one!” I do it too.  Then I point…