love
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Keeping — the Certainty We Seek Is in the Doing
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2 min read
What Jesus tells his disciples is the certainty they seek is in the keeping of his commandments, which should be far more evident to us than it is.
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The most powerful symbol for us on Maundy Thursday is the washing of feet and the command that we wash each others’. We’d really rather not.
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Just a Little Bit Better — on the low bar of faith
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9 min read
In describing the path before them, Jesus offers metaphors of salt and light to inspire us, but the least we can do is not be total jerks.
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Salt — messy metaphor in an age of heart disease
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1 min read
When Jesus compares his followers to salt, it offers a complex note to the modern understanding of nutrition, health, life, how to be.
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Trust — the Love of God, Hope of the World
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8 min read
In the person of Joseph, God trusts in a human to trust in the mission, to raise the Messiah, to be a beacon of hope to the world.
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Giving in Love — Jesus’s Alternative to Fear
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8 min read
As tempests swirl and hatred flows around us, Jesus reminds us that we already know the way to live, the way to be is to love generously.