Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Last week, I spoke to the idea of politics and religion—that we have to continuously work through what the relationship between the two is supposed to be. For our second Rector’s Forum this week, we will explore the idea of what Jesus thinks about politics—and …
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A Word: Grace for All
And how Jesus challenges expectationsProper 16B | John 6:56-69 Reading this gospel passage this morning—it offers us kind of a gloomy, how’d-we-get-here vibe. Doesn’t it sound like a low point? When the mission doesn’t just seem hard, but kind of unpopular. Like the path they’re on can’t …
A Word: Inseparable
The strange beauty of human connectionEaster 5B | John 15:1-8 Vines, growth, God, participation, pruning, fire, glorified, become my disciples. Jesus offers an image from the natural world to speak of a relationship that transcends nature. Which means our vision of the image must transcend …