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Living — the gospel beyond future fears
When Jesus is confronted about his view of the resurrection, Jesus responds by pointing out his critics have a weak vision of living here.
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When he breaks the rules—for Proper 18B
When Jesus heals the Syrophoenician woman, he is breaking a rule he never intended to break. What are those rules for us?
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Between Proper 17 + 18 (Year B)
Part of the challenge for preparing for this week’s gospel is that we’ll forget about last week’s. Let’s read them as going together.
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Between Trinity Sunday + Proper 4 (Year B)
Our move back to Ordinary Time means we pick up the narrative near the beginning. Here’s a refresher on what we’ve missed.
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When we start the clock
When we focus on a moment, control how we see it, isolate our vision, we think we’re looking for the truth, but we’re blinding ourselves from it.
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The Grace of Courage
A parable of wickedness told to the wicked creates a challenge for people of faith who seek to do good — it is a call to good courage.
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The Rules We Live By
We have lived under an experiment that our own rules matter more than the rules we all keep. An experiment that is fundamentally false.
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Grammar rules and grammar suggestions
We want the rules of grammar to be fixed. They are not. Like everything in life, our desire for certainty is compromised by life itself.