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Why It’s Dangerous To Laugh At a Space Force
The idea of a Space Force seems absolutely crazy. We should care less about how absurd it is and more about why anyone would want it. Space Force. Even the words make me laugh. It seems like a farce....
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Out of Line
In Mark 9, we get a vision of the flipped script, the powerless raised up and the powerful brought low. And still, we struggle to see ourselves in it. Jesus warns that being a stumbling block deprives...
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Jesus Keeps Walking
After Jesus makes his third passion prediction, his followers still don’t understand what it means to follow Jesus. And most of us don’t either. For Jesus, it isn’t just confronting power — it’s...
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Welcome to Bizarro World
There’s a certain kind of bizarro argument we put up with. An intentional deception which claims we’re all responsible for our demise. They’re wrong. Photo by David Besh from Pexels I honestly couldn’t...
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She knows
Our pastoral image of the nativity blinds us to Mary’s power. In the Magnificat, we receive the rebellious, punk anthem at the heart of the Incarnation. Photo by Kasuma from Pexels The Magnificat...
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Hunger
In Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness, we get a picture of resistance bigger than willpower and faith. A resistance to becoming powerful at all. Resisting temptation and power with JesusLent 1C |...
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The crime of being born guilty
One Book One Diocese Lenten Study The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis is reading the same book together for Lent. Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas. We’re...
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Perpetual War
One Book One Diocese Lenten Study The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis is reading the same book together for Lent. Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas. We’re...
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The Freedom of God
In the fourth chapter of Stand Your Ground, Douglas explores the nature of God as freedom revealed in the exodus and manifest in the gospel. Photo by Jonas Ferlin from Pexels. The story of the exodus...
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Believing in the Justice of God
One Book One Diocese Lenten Study The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis is reading the same book together for Lent. Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas. We’re...
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Living into God’s Time
One Book One Diocese Lenten Study The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis is reading the same book together for Lent. Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas. We’re...
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Humble Like God
In Easter, we remember back before the resurrection, when glory was the same as power and we thought violence could bring peace, rather than love. the confusing truth about the glory of GodEaster 5C |...
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The Innocent One Can’t Be King
Trying to make Christ into a king, we misunderstand the nature of power and its purpose. Especially our foolish attempts to wield it for good. The problem is powerProper 29CLuke 23:33-43 Here we are,...
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Radiating Love
Luke sets us up to see the birth of Jesus as more than the uncommon birth of the Son of God. It is a common flashpoint for love. seeing the Christmas story as oursChristmas Eve | Luke 2:1-20 Photo by...
View ArticleBetween — How to Forget About a Massacre
A look at the gaps in the lectionary. This week: the gap between Advent 4A and Christmas 2A. The text: Matthew 2:16-18. Christmas is a funny season. We’ve got the main theme down. A baby Jesus is born...
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For SundayEaster 6B Collect O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things...
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The Love Command
Learning how to love when it isn’t forced. Or optional. It is quite truly the only way we all can live full and true lives. Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels Doing what needs to be doneEaster 6B |...
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A right to exist is shared by Israelis and Palestinians
Photo by FADI ABUQARE from Pexels We should have the right to exist is a pretty good argument for self-defense. Sending rockets at civilian targets is a terrible example of self-defense. If your...
View ArticleDriven by Faith or Fear?
For SundayFifth Sunday after Pentecost Collect Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so...
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Extraordinary Power
In the gospel of Mark, we get a series of stories which reveal Jesus’s true power. Which far exceeds everyone’s expectations. touching Jesus’s cloak and a hidden resurrectionProper 8B | Mark 5:21-43...
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