choosing God over moneyProper 20C | Luke 16:1-13 You know, sometimes Jesus tells a story that leaves a person scratching their head. What does that mean? Or, as in this case, does he really mean what I think he means? The problem for the astute reader is figuring out, …
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A Word: Befriending the Spirit
Jesus’s teaching on (in)dependencePentecost | Acts 2:1-21, John 14:8-17 (25-27) We return again to the Last Supper as told in John, a sequence often referred to as Jesus’s farewell discourse. A conversation in which Jesus offers his final teachings, yes, but more assurance and comfort. And as …
A Word: The Promise
True peace, the Spirit, and actually livingEaster 6C | John 14:23-29 The lectionary gave us an odd cut here because it doesn’t want the first part of the passage just yet — it is a little too Pentecosty. Jesus and his disciples are in the midst of the Last Supper, they’ve done …
