love
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Christian Love is Pornographic
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3 min read
AMERICAN CHRISTIAN PORN STARS or Christian Love is Pornographic We appeal to tradition but Sola Scriptura. We appeal to history but not institutions. We appeal to clear readings but not readings which are clear to me. We appeal to Jesus but not his followers. We appeal to creation but not the world. We appeal to…
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When Love Overcomes Fear
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7 min read
For he was not only feral: he was naked. Not even human. But when they see him, he is clothed and “in his right mind.” Instead of feeling joy and excitement, they fear him. They fear Jesus. They fear that he actually is human. A restored humanity and the work of restoring the whole communityProper…
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New Love For a Change
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9 min read
The mistake we make is to think that GOD never changes. But GOD is always looking for a new thing, new creations, new love. And more to the fact, we are perpetually confronted with the same challenge: to produce the new thing, the new creation, the new love.
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Jesus’s Love Revolution
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8 min read
Superman isn’t swooping in. The heavens aren’t opening and the army of angels are not going to ride in here in front of you and slaughter all of our enemies. The Triumphal Entry and the incarnating of GOD’s dream Palm Sunday C | Luke 19:28-40 As most of you know, our tradition, beginning in the…
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A Father’s Love
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10 min read
Who could blame him if he didn’t want to go to that party? I wouldn’t. I bet you wouldn’t either. He’s rightfully mad. All these years – nothing – gone to waste. The Lost Sons and our fear of intimacy Lent 4C | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 [bctt tweet=”You have enough. And everyone must have enough.”…
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Truth
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5 min read
Truth (Day 12 of A Simple Lent) In a political campaign, it often seems like the biggest loser is sincerity and truth. It becomes easy for websites like FactCheck.org to parse every political statement or for confusions to blossom into controversies: such as fear of bias leading to a made up story of people chanting of…