Rejecting its offer of fake peaceProper 19B | Mark 8:27-38 We are at a turning point, friends! The path changes but the way is the same! Stay focused and keep up! Jesus is turning his face to Jerusalem and all that stuff from the first half of the journey helps us understand the …
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Eating, Together
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This summer, I’ve made a big deal of eating. The way I’ve put it is “eat well, preferably together.” You might take this as me being a bit food-obsessed, but it is based on two related concepts that are central to Jesus’s teaching and ministry. Jesus eats with …
The Advocate
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! In John’s gospel, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as “the Advocate;” a word with legal implications, just like the word witness. This isn’t an accident. But I don’t think we need to go so far as to see it in litigious terms, but in terms of social …