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Unbound Grace
The parable reveals how blind the rich man is to reality. And in reading it, Jesus hopes we won’t continue to share the same delusion.
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Between: those Lovers of Money
In just a few verses, Jesus ties us in knots and turns us into our enemies.
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Bigger Than the Gap Which Divides Us
Rose and I would watch the show Parenthood each week, wrapt to the Braverman family. Two aging parents, their adult children with children of their own. And one particular storyline divided our household. Proper 21 | Luke 16:19-31 One of the Braverman kids was having marital trouble. The husband, who had sacrificed his career throughout their marriage,…
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Bridging the Gap
a homily for Proper 21C Text: Luke 16:19-31 Picturing the People Listen again to the opening sentences of this parable. Hear it. Close your eyes and take it in. There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay…