power
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Jesus and Division—for Proper 7A
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2 min read
When Jesus says that he comes to divide, many are prone to mistake either the purpose or the necessity for division. But it is how we heal.
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It Is Enough to Be Like the Teacher
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4 min read
The thing about greatness is that we use it to diminish as much as praise, to reward exploitation rather than engage with reconciliation.
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Jesus’s Temptation in the Wilderness isn’t just a story of the power of evil or Jesus’s personal experience of it, but the very corruptive nature of power.
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The Tempting Away From God — for Lent 1A
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2 min read
The temptation in the wilderness isn’t a mere trick or a promise of true power, but a false invitation to abandon the very love of God.
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In revealing the incarnation to shepherds and star watchers, we are given the sharp contrast of God’s love and joy against the madness of kings.
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Soft — and the Comfort of the System
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2 min read
Jesus challenges the people’s expectations of power and our ways of confronting it. That our expectations don’t match our reality.