Ten Commandments

  • The Grace of Courage

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    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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  • Facing the truth

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    Jesus challenges the Temple leaders to change. And we’re being invite to do the same. Even in the midst of a pandemic.

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  • A Den of Robbers

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    I don’t think Jesus cleanses the temple in this morning’s reading. It often goes by that name. But if cleaning is what he’s doing, it is in the full understanding that it will be dirty again the next day. What is cleaning, but wiping away the dirt, scrubbing the scum off of the tub or the grease…

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  • Law and Liberation

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    a homily for Proper 16C Text: Luke 13:10-17   The third time’s a charm Let me start with a conceit. As is so often the case, what Jesus says and does is not heard the same way by everyone. Jesus is breaking the law. For those who benefit from the lawbreaking, particularly the woman in…

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  • Deliver us from the presumption of pardon and not renewal

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    a Homily for Proper 11B Text: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 [Sunday I preached without a script. This is an approximation of what I preached.] Sabbath Coming back from vacation, it is appropriate to get this gospel pericope about rest. Or lack there of it. It was just two weeks ago when we covered the story of…

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