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In the Great Commission, Jesus invites his followers to share the Good News, not convert the world to their ideological certainty.
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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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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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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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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.