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 …
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A Word: To Soften Our Hearts
Work, rest, and the rest of our livesProper 11B | Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 There is something deceptive in our reading of the gospel this morning. Nothing sinister or conniving. Nobody is trying to pull anything over. It’s just, deceptively quaint-sounding given the context. Given the subject matter …
Mental Health
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints, Most of us don’t notice a mental health crisis until something happens. In our families, neighborhood, or church. At least when the one in crisis isn’t us. There’s a chasm between the two, isn’t there? The one living it and the one on the receiving end—of …