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On sinners and eating with them
Jesus undermines the prohibition of relationship between the ritually pure and the condemned because grace is more important.
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Without Sin — the implicit bias that clouds our judgment
When people ask Jesus for a hot take on a recent scandal, he interrogates their assumption that the victims brought it on themselves.
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We’re in this together—for Lent 3C
The human tendency to blame, to punish, or assume the worst — to compare — is at the center of Jesus’s call to cut it out.
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What is truth?
There is both sin and grace at the heart of the church’s tradition of Good Friday. Our first task is acknowledging this truth.
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War Is a No-Win Situation
The popular phrase “war is hell” is close. But unlike hell, we think we can win it. Do it. And be called heroes for killing many, many people.
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Normalize Mercy
The challenge of stumbling into Matthew 18 without its context is that we get the point Jesus is trying to make completely backward.
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Dealing with Sin
Jesus doesn’t offer us rules for shunning. He offers us an opportunity to reconnect and restore the community we break apart.
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Love—and dealing with the sin of others
Most of us don’t like talking to someone else about something they’ve done. We need to first figure out why we want to.