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About the Money—for Proper 23B
The challenge of Jesus’s teaching with the pious young man is that Jesus condemns wealth in a way few Americans are willing to accept.
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Possessions
When we’re told to get rid of our possessions, what are we really thinking about? And why is it so hard to do?
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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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Living Risen | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Living Risen | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church In this week’s Question + Response for St. Paul’s, I tackle the idea that the gospel needs to be made more personal, simple, and distilled for us to actually live it. Here’s a hint: maybe it doesn’t.