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The very least you could do — for Proper 22C
Jesus teaches his apostles about faith and commitment — because they are afraid they can’t keep up with his commands for them.
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Shifting Perspective
Jesus invites his disciples to look beyond the power, the expectations, and the culture to see what God is doing.
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Some Sayings of Jesus (Proper 22C)
In this collection of sayings, the most obvious teaching is the mustard seed. But there are different ways to approach this.
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The Faith We Struggle to Embody
Jesus offers several teachings that don’t seem related. But one thing that connects them is we don’t want to embody them.
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Size — hope and an aspirational faith
The parable of the mustard seed is a treasured teaching we seem woefully unable to embody. At least we wish we could.
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Lead with Love
We want Jesus to teach us how to love like it takes a methodology or more faith than we have. Instead, Jesus shows how that misses the point. Jesus and the teaching of uncommon forgivenessProper 22CLuke 17:1-10 We jump into the story with the apostles shouting “Increase our faith!” It makes it all sound random.…