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Kings—a perpetual disappointment

This week we get the annual reminder that kings are always a disappointment. They are human, after all. But more than that, they, above all others, are not allowed to be. They are supposed to be better...

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A life of service and grace—for Proper 29B

For Sunday  Proper 29B Collect Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of...

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The power we won’t acknowledge

When Satan tries to tempt Jesus in the wilderness, he invites him to use power. Not power that Satan has to give or Jesus has a right to use, but power Jesus could use. Power that is within his...

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The Means Are the Ends—for Lent 1C

For Sunday  Lent 1C Collect Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses...

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We need to wrestle with the desire to control

This Week: Lent 1C Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 The first Sunday in Lent is about temptation — an idea that people are used to engaging with the season. Particularly those of us who choose a discipline to...

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To the glory of God

On power and communion in loveLent 1C  |  Luke 4:1-13 drewdowns · To the glory of God (Lent 1C) The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday with an invitation: one that invites us to the observance of a...

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Is Jerusalem the only place a prophet isn’t safe?

Jesus says that it is impossible for a prophet to die outside of Jerusalem. This is a bit of rhetorical flourish, isn’t it? It has to be! I suspect our mind gets caught on the notion of impossibility....

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These Pharisees are not good enough — for Lent 2C

For Sunday  Lent 2C Collect O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to...

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