sin
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Jesus reorients us so we can see just how far we are from where we’re supposed to be headed. And that means changing focus.
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John the Baptizer invites us to talk about sin like it’s something we can repent and get rid of. Because it is.
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Our blindness to the presence of God is normal. But it is also an obstacle to our work of building the kin-dom.
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Remembering those who stood against evil and saved thousands of lives in the Holocaust is essential to saving lives today. “The Righteous Gentiles”John 19:10-15 I recently took a short course on the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer is most known for his challenging view of Christian discipleship and for his participation in the plot to…
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The gospel challenges us to show up when it’s hard, not pretend false neutrality absolves us of any responsibility for the world around us.
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Most of what we talk about on Ash Wednesday is found in the small part of the Sermon on the Mount we get in the lectionary (Matthew 6:1-6,16-21). The rest of the chapter reveals it means so much more. Ash Wednesday is way more than ashes – it’s the work of forgiveness Ash Wednesday | …