power
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We all support human rights in theory. But we often mistake what true equality and human rights require of us.
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The Love Command
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6 min read
Learning how to love when it isn’t forced. Or optional. It is quite truly the only way we all can live full and true lives. Doing what needs to be doneEaster 6B | John 15:9-17 Jesus commands us to love. In American culture, that plays like an oxymoron. We think command and love don’t belong…
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Taking Commands
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3 min read
For SundayEaster 6B Collect O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our…
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Between — How to Forget About a Massacre
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5 min read
making the rest of Matthew’s birth story a liturgical after thought, we are overlooking one of the most powerful parts of Scripture.
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Radiating Love
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6 min read
Luke sets us up to see the birth of Jesus as more than the uncommon birth of the Son of God. It is a common flashpoint for love.
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The Innocent One Can’t Be King
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9 min read
Trying to make Christ into a king, we misunderstand the nature of power and its purpose. Especially our foolish attempts to wield it for good. The problem is powerProper 29CLuke 23:33-43 Here we are, at the end of the church year; the Last Sunday After Pentecost. Next week will be the first Sunday in Advent,…