Mark 6:1-13
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Choosing to Live
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9 min read
When Jesus is stymied in his hometown, we may be tempted to hear their stubbornness as rational, rather than what it is: delusional.
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What’s our work here?
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4 min read
In their desire to keep things as they are, the townspeople struggle with the opportunity Jesus offers them: to make a new normal.
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Home again?—for Proper 9B
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3 min read
Going home can be a kind of strained time travel. The past and present collide and people think we must always be the same. Always.
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Between Proper 8 + 9 (Year B)
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2 min read
As we prepare to focus on Jesus’s return home, we should keep in mind just how famous Jesus has already become and why.
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The Power Inside
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7 min read
We read a gospel filled with Jesus’s surprising power. In what ways do we continue to be surprised by that power? Jesus and the incredible possibleProper 9B | Mark 6:1-13 This morning’s gospel has two parts. Two parts that go together. And these two parts fit into an ongoing story. A story that isn’t just…
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Limits of Power / Limits of Belief
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2 min read
For SundaySixth Sunday after Pentecost Collect O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord,…