Tag: temptation in the wilderness

  • To the glory of God

    To the glory of God

    Exploring the temptation of power and the desire for control, we can see the ways we break community and our common purpose.

  • We need to wrestle with the desire to control

    We need to wrestle with the desire to control

    In dealing with temptations of power, we are prone to understate what part control has in our lives, the desire to do what we want.

  • The power we won’t acknowledge

    The power we won’t acknowledge

    The relationship between the pursuit of control in our lives is also the pursuit of power over others and our environment, even our faith.

  • Between Epiphany 2 + 3 (Year C)

    Between Epiphany 2 + 3 (Year C)

    Before we find Jesus at the well with a woman, we should check out what the lectionary skipped over, which includes dueling baptists.

  • Into the Wild

    Into the Wild

    Mark doesn’t tell us what is tempting Jesus in the wilderness. But we know what it is about. Because we know what tempts us.

  • So Much So Fast

    So Much So Fast

    This week’s gospel is a whirlwind of action. But it also reveals a pattern of discipleship—a pattern set up by Jesus’s own discipleship.

  • Between the Second and Third Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)

    Between the Second and Third Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)

    There’s an important gap in our lectionary this week that we’ll get to in Lent. But it is a valuable piece of the story in its context.