Proper 23C
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The story of Jesus healing the ten suffering leprosy is a story about borders and boundaries and the way Jesus defies them all for love.
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This week’s gospel takes Jesus into the space between, the place to which neighbors cast out neighbors to punish and forget them.
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In healing ten people with leprosy in the borderlands between Samaria and Galilee, Jesus offers us a way to see life anew.
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In this evocative story from the midst of the borderlands, Jesus places himself as a border-crosser and boundary-breaker.
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The borderlands are as much a character in the story this week as any of the people. What we make of that is essential.
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In Luke 17:20-37, Jesus gives a terrifying warning about the future. Here’s why we so often miss the point. We all take him literally.