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Between Proper 23 + 24 (Year B)
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5 min read
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
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8 min read
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
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2 min read
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
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6 min read
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
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3 min read
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
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1 min read
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.