Proper 11A
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We have a tendency to focus on the negative. Thinking it’s what we’re supposed to do. It’s actually a distraction.
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Jesus gives us a parable that compels us in ways that make us feel and think. What we choose to do with that is telling.
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The greatest challenge with being good is often that we don’t know what to do with our sense of evil; and when that is us.
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A couple pieces the lectionary skips over reveal a lot about the texts we’re reading. And much more about ourselves.
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Jesus’s parable of the weeds among the wheat challenges us to see evil in the desire to pluck weeds when we know it’ll kill the wheat.
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In Matthew’s parables, we are offered different visions of God’s dream for humanity, but we struggle to hear what Jesus is revealing. Proper 11A | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 The first time I knew that God was real, I was in seminary. While some of you might think that’s crazy, I know some of you know…