4th Sunday of Lent
Living in Exile: “Cost of Discipleship”
There is something fundamentally challenging in the Christian gospel: those who want to be saved must die. Any attempt to avoid this central truth is merely religion that cannot...
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Word Made Flesh: “Good Shepherd”
The voice we follow matters. Jesus offers us an opportunity to discern between himself and the alternative(s). Only he is the Good Shepherd and this can be known because he [&he...
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Praxis: “Radical Hospitality”
Most of us recognize the obligation we have to care for our family and perhaps even our close friends. Beyond that we know that it is good to be charitable […]
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Work of Witness!
Some days it can feel like the world is spinning out of control. We can struggle, not just our place in it, but with our role. However, our role has […]
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Don’t Sell Me
We live in a world of words designed to influence us according to different agendas. It’s tempting to use our own Christian words to do the same. But, to do […]
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Theology of Divine Healing
There are two extremes to avoid in this topic: that God always heals and that God never heals. However, we cannot look at healing in and of itself. The act […]
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Courting the “Right” People
James reminds us that even as Christians our human tendency will be to evaluate and treat people differently. When we do that in our congregations we are judging people inapprop...
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The One You Feed
We’re snapping selfies of our latest outfits to see if we look good, we instagram our dinner, and we toast with a drink in our hand — could these simple […]
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