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Between Proper 23 + 24 (Year B)
In skipping over the third Passion prediction, the lectionary doesn’t help us connect the dots to the nature of the disciples’ error.
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Failure, control, and empowering kids in the church
The challenge of the Passion Predictions is that they force us to confront our failure to follow Jesus, to love in the way he teaches.
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Making him king—for Proper 12B
In this week’s reflection, we respond to the people’s reaction to a Jesus miracle: that they want to make Jesus a king by force.
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The problem with footwashing
When Jesus washes the feet of his disciples on Maundy Thursday, he is showing them the kind of grace that we’re still afraid of.
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The real temptation
Stories of Jesus’s temptation are great opportunities for us to examine what tempts us. It goes much deeper than we usually think.
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The great tension at the heart of Lent
What is going on for many of us in Lent is being told that we need self-control and then reading why control is a problem.
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Always the Innocents
The feast day of Holy Innocents is the part of the Christmas story that never makes it into pageants. But we need to hear it each year.
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I don’t want to see crosses in nature
Many of us pretend this symbol is both innocent and inspiring. That it isn’t political. But it always is—especially in nature.