Learning to Love is the WorkProper 18A | Matthew 18:15-20 This week we leave Satan and dying Messiahs behind and jump into the middle of a teaching about dealing with sin. A teaching that is so prescriptive it feels like there’s got to be a catch. And there is. Just . . . well, let’s …
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A Word: A Family Blessing
Looking for the best in GodProper 10A | Genesis 25:19-34, Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 Abraham, the patriarch, the one chosen and called, promised a future he couldn’t have—yet. God promised him a yet to end that sentence. His life in so few words, and God offered a future, a whole new world in a whole …
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 …
