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Beyond Misunderstanding
Most Americans are steeped in a tradition of binary thinking that does make decision making easier, but also a lot less honest.
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Unlocking the bigger picture
There’s a paradox in understanding other people—to being open to hear them and in their words not telling the whole story to us.
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On Literal and Metaphorical—for Proper 15B
This week’s gospel reflection is about how we take the meaning of an image, its linguistic challenge, and what we need to focus on.
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Because God is Love
n the Bread of Life discourse in John 6, Jesus draws us into a challenging image with great practical and theological implications.
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Literal Bread?
For SundayTwelfth Sunday after Pentecost Collect Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through…
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Does Jesus Jump the Shark?
Sometimes the problem isn’t whether to read the Bible literally or metaphorically. It’s the asking us to pick which distorts the point. Jesus gets gross with the bread of life. Proper 15B | John 6:51-58 To be honest, I don’t actually remember the episode. It was so long ago, but I’m sure I’ve seen it.…
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Knowing Jesus, Knowing GOD
Wisdom to the Hebrew people wasn’t just learning, but was expressed in proverbs, teachings that could be memorized and shared. The more wisdom you had memorized, the wiser you were. the pursuit of wisdom, spirituality today Proper 15B | 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 & John 6:51-58 What is wisdom? Before we talk about Solomon’s legendary wisdom,…
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Take a Bite Out of Jesus
a Homily for Proper 15B Text: John 6:51-58 The first thing we notice about the gospel pericope we read this morning is that Jesus is still talking about eating. It seems as if he is always talking about food, doesn’t it? The manna, the bread, the bread of life. I am the bread of life.…