The unity that lives behind our broken visionLent 4C | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Jesus tells this incredible parable in response to the Pharisees who scoff at his choice of dining companions. Ritual purity prevents the devout from dining with tax collectors and sinners, yes, but so does custom and …
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A Word: Without Sin
the implicit bias that clouds our judgmentLent 3C | Luke 13:1-9 “At that very time there were some present…” We’re starting today in the middle of a conversation, a big teach-in with Jesus. And what we don’t hear as we dive into this moment is what Jesus was teaching when some …
A Word: How to kill a prophet
a king's guide to political assassinationLent 2C | Luke 13:31-35 Some Pharisees approach Jesus to warn him. Herod, Rome’s puppet king, is planning to kill Jesus and they want to give him a head’s up. Why do you think they do this? Do they think Herod’s going too far? Are they …
