Temptation
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As we prepare to enter into the season of Lent, our ongoing story changes its context—and so do we. Here’s what to keep in mind.
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Temptation—what is within our power?
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1 min read
There’s a way we talk about temptation. We construct it as an all-consuming force we are powerless against. It isn’t.
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The Time of Temptation
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7 min read
In the Passion, we receive a story of innocence murdered. But that story’s foundation is all so much temptation.
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Today
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8 min read
When Jesus comes home, he isn’t treated like a hero. But really, why would they? He challenges them. We just take a different path to reject the plan. With Jesus it is not about when it happened but when it happens Epiphany 3C | Luke 4:14-21 I just want to make sure we’re all on…
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The Beasts and the Angels
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8 min read
How Jesus’s time in the wilderness reminds us of our own journey. So this thing we call The Temptation of Jesus isn’t really about temptation, or about the Tempter or about GOD and the problem of evil at all. It’s about experience, creation, and GOD. It is about living in this world that GOD has…
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a Homily for Lent 1A Text: Matthew 4:1-11 Getting our bearings The gospel we call Matthew has a birth story, a flight into Egypt and all that. Then John the Baptizer prepares the way for Jesus, who comes to him to be baptized, and then is immediately compelled by the Spirit to go out into…