Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Early voting started this week in Indiana. It is also the week when we read the most quoted political gospel story, when Jesus is asked about taxes and offers up a great sound bite. This is precisely the sort of moment when we should address the elephant (and …
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Golden Idols
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Last week’s reading from Exodus was the giving of the Law in what we know as the Ten Commandments. The lectionary jumps forward a significant twelve chapters for this week, to a story of confusion and disappointment. All of those chapters are about the Law, with …
Saint Francis
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! The story of Francis of Assisi is a reverse rags-to-riches full of moral conviction. He was the wealthy scion who gave it away to live intentionally in extreme poverty. As the church says “Of all the saints, Francis is perhaps the most popular and admired but …
