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Why we secretly love doubt more than faith
It’s easy to read this gospel and think it is about Peter’s lack of faith. But that is reading it completely backwards.
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Maybe it’s the walking on water
For a story that includes both Jesus and Peter walking on water, the fact that it isn’t more familiar is confounding.
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Maybe we’d rather be sinking
This week, we’re dealing with fear, desire, faith, and hope. And strangely, it seems, we’d rather go with the fear over everything else.
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Between Proper 13 + 14 (Year A)
Before Jesus reveals the extent of his power to his followers, he needs to free himself (and them) from exhaustion.
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God doesn’t want you to sell your brother into slavery
When Joseph’s brothers sell him into slavery, we may be tempted to think God wanted them to. What God wants is for us to change.
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Walking on Water
In the story, Jesus walks on water. So does Peter. He is just doing what Jesus did, offering us an option at a time of great fear. Proper 14A | Matthew 14:22-33 The first time I walked on water, I was 16 years-old. I had never done anything so intentional as that before. It was…