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Repent — the virtue of a second chance
There is a way we focus on what the word has come to mean to us, rather than what it means to Jesus — another chance at grace.
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Repent—uncovering the hope in change
The words repentance and change are treated like concepts to hate or disparage rather than essential, beautiful, and hopeful.
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Becoming Prophetic
When John the Baptist confronts religious leaders in line waiting to be baptized, we are confronted with the reality of change.
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These particular children of Abraham
The message of John the Baptist challenges all of the ways we put identity before love, and invites us to change that.
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why are we so afraid to turn around?
We treat turning around, changing course, as a sign of weakness. But it is often quite literally the only real option.
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With Stones: God’s Replacement Theory
John the Baptist gives us a rebuke of white replacement theory. Because the point is always about doing good.
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Repentance – an invitation to freedom
For The Second Sunday of Advent Collect Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you…
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After the Interruption
This past week, we celebrated Holypalooza for the eighth time in nine years. It was a celebration full of emotion as we long for “normal” and celebrate this joyous opportunity. It also represented a shift in direction; the natural evolution of time and circumstance. The vision of its three founding pastors (now long gone from…