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Choosing to Live
When Jesus is stymied in his hometown, we may be tempted to hear their stubbornness as rational, rather than what it is: delusional.
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What’s our work here?
In their desire to keep things as they are, the townspeople struggle with the opportunity Jesus offers them: to make a new normal.
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Home again?—for Proper 9B
Going home can be a kind of strained time travel. The past and present collide and people think we must always be the same. Always.
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Between Proper 8 + 9 (Year B)
As we prepare to focus on Jesus’s return home, we should keep in mind just how famous Jesus has already become and why.
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The Power Inside
We read a gospel filled with Jesus’s surprising power. In what ways do we continue to be surprised by that power? Jesus and the incredible possibleProper 9B | Mark 6:1-13 This morning’s gospel has two parts. Two parts that go together. And these two parts fit into an ongoing story. A story that isn’t just…
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Limits of Power / Limits of Belief
For SundaySixth Sunday after Pentecost Collect O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord,…
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They Take Offense
When Jesus goes home, he’s surprised by how he’s treated. How they’ve judged him without really knowing him. This is our contrast for what it means to love. They take offense and we move on from there. Proper 9B | Mark 6:1-13 When we moved down to Georgia some years ago, we knew fitting in…
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The scandal of Jesus
Jesus doesn’t force us to believe. Jesus doesn’t want us to work on the earnestness of our belief: just believe harder – believe more – believe right: to force us to get it. Jesus gives us signs and invitations and these opportunities to see something truly profound: to see this life with a sense…