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What the Kingdom doesn’t look like
Simply getting rid of our stuff isn’t the action Jesus is calling for. Not exactly. Though it is certainly much closer than “GOD wants you to be rich.” Love and inheritance Proper 23B | Mark 10:17-31 A mind-blowing teaching We have arrived in Judea. Days ago we’ve predicted the Passion and watched Jesus transfigured on…
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Possessing the Kingdom
He’s not mincing words. The Kingdom belongs to them. Not the disciples. Not the Pharisees. Not the Romans. The children. We need to hear these words. How our focus on law and politics misses the real revelation Proper 22B | Mark 10:2-16 The Long Walk is Almost Over The walk from Caesarea Philippi to Jerusalem is…
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The Sound of Generosity
a Homily for Proper 24B Text: Mark 10:35-45 The Overwhelming Sound of Voices There are times when I hear too many voices. My son is chattering about something, my wife is trying to actually tell me about tomorrow’s plans, and my daughter is getting louder and hoping that I hear her above all the cacophony and…
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The Thunder Blunder (Eating Scripture)
Eating Mark 10: 35-45 This whole arc in Mark has been about discipleship; about following Jesus where He is going. Which is Jerusalem and death. And then resurrection. After Jesus foretells His death for the third time, we have this third epic fail. And it is a doozy. Unfortunately for us, even though we recognize half…
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Getting Good with GOD
a Homily for Proper 23B Text: Mark 10:17-31 Jesus and Money Following Jesus is hard. He told the disciples so when He recruited them. He told them that they would have to leave their families and their homes and their work and they went along with it. When He showed them what it would be…
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Heaven Insurance (Eating Scripture)
Eating Mark 10:17-31 There is so much to feast on this week, and the main course is certainly the part where Jesus eats the rich. But something curious is offered up in the first course. Something about a man seeking assurance from a holy man that he can attain eternal life. and the holy man doesn’t…