How to Defy Expectations with HopeProper 9A | Genesis 24, Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Last week’s terror no doubt lingers. When Abraham took his son up a mountain intending to offer him as a sacrifice. We can imagine the nightmares that followed. For both of them. But …
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A Word: Failing Tests
And the expectation of blind faithProper 8A | Genesis 22:1-14, Matthew 10:40-42 There was an American rabbi in California who invited his students to go home and read this passage from Genesis, chapter 22. He said “Read it through. Sit with it. Then read it through again. …
A Word: Love and Labor
Family and other obstacles to graceProper 7A | Matthew 10:24-39 Last week’s gospel came after a whole bunch of healings and teachings and it said “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” Jesus looked …
