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Listening within the chaos
What does it really mean that Jesus comes with a sword to bring division? We first need to realize we’re looking at our own world wrong. Jesus and the sword of divisionProper 7A | Matthew 10:24-39...
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The Presence of Good
The gospel is always social. It is the tangible intersection of faith and action: of belief and the active living into a life of wholeness and hope. Walter Rauschenbusch, Washington Gladden, and Jacob...
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Why I stopped hating on 2020
Getting the challenge of 2020 right is essential to understanding what is at stake next year. And the year after. Photo by Luis Quintero from Pexels It’s a classic pattern. Things suck big time. We...
View ArticleWith Stones: God’s Replacement Theory
Preachers: Here’s a challenging take for Sunday’s text. Advent 3C: Luke 3:7-18 “Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to...
View ArticleRacism
Episode 13 of the Make Saints podcast: “Racism” There is probably nothing more ubiquitous than racism. We all know about it. We all have experience with it. As a concept, racism is pretty easy to...
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Open season for racists after Musk’s takeover
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Elon Musk thinks he’s striking a victory for free speech. But responsibility is what people are fighting over. An Analogy: There’s a favorite phrase: Guns don’t kill...
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Racism
Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash Racism is evil. Without question. Or apprehension. Episode 47 of the Make Saints podcast: “Racism” the episode script A story broke last week about severe acts of...
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It’s still about race — MLK Day isn’t the end
Photo by Rafaele Nicolussi on Unsplash The holiday doesn’t mark an end to racism. It reminds us of its consistency. It is far too easy to speak of racism in such terms. That, because there is a Martin...
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