Escaping Fortresses of Fear
Twenty-Second Sunday Scripture Readings I’ll bet you never realized that fences are a sign of fear. I’m talking about all kinds of fences, including stockades, ramparts, and big, beautiful walls. […]
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Flesh Rising to Spirit
"Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
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Transforming the Flesh
Twentieth Sunday Scripture Readings When meditating on the gospels that form the bedrock of our understanding of God and the universe, I think it’s important that we dig deeply into […]
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Discerning the Bread of Life
"I am the living bread come down from heaven."
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Living the Bread of Life
"I am the bread of life."
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Christ Yesterday, Today, and Forever
“They filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves.”
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Come Away
"He began to teach them many things."
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Repent and Believe
“Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two.”
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As Enthusiasm Becomes Disillusionment
“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.”
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Whom Do You Trust?
“He took the child by the hand and said to her, ‘Talitha koum,’ which means, ‘Little girl, I say to you, arise!’”
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Conqueror of Sea and Storm
“Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?"
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Receiving the Seed of Faith
"But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade."
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Homecoming
"Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."
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Life Is in the Blood
“When Christ came as high priest … passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle … he entered once for all into the sanctuary …”
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The Living Power of Love
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
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Breaking the Fourth Wall
“Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained”
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Witness to the Ascension
“So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.”
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Remain in My Love
"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you."
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Grace and Judgment
“I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in them will bear much fruit.”
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Mine Know Me
"I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me ..."