Mark 7:1-23
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Liberated to Love
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7 min read
Christian tradition has a troubled past with purity, making it another thing to adhere to rather than a matter of love and grace.
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Abuse of Tradition
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5 min read
The thing about claiming tradition is that it is precisely that: a claim. That doesn’t make it real, right, or true. We’re for the status quo.
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Pure and good—for Proper 17B
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2 min read
How Jesus speaks to his interlocutors in this gospel can be troubling or exciting, but our focus must be what he is teaching his followers.
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Between Proper 16 + 17 (Year B)
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4 min read
What were we up to before we spent all that time in a a different gospel? Here’s a recap of what we may have forgotten and where we’re going.
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Not Me. Us.
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7 min read
Jesus reorients us so we can see just how far we are from where we’re supposed to be headed. And that means changing focus.
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What God Intends
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9 min read
In Mark 7, Jesus responds to a challenge over rule-breaking by exposing their hypocrisy. Is this just a takedown, or is he saying something else? The challenge of following Jesus isn’t doing or believing. It’s both. Proper 17B | Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 We have to go back nearly two months. Back in June, we…