September 9, 2018
In foreign territory, Jesus is confronted by a Gentile woman who asks him to cure her daughter. In this conversation with an exceedingly polite, deferential, distressed mother, Jesus seems to be a pitiful caricature of his…
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September 2, 2018
Back in Mark’s Gospel, we find Jesus confronted by scribes and Pharisees over his lack of practicing traditional purity rituals (laws).
The upsurge in identity politics we’re experiencing this summer feels a lot like…
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August 26, 2018
The end of John’s telling of Jesus’ feeding 5,000 doesn’t end well. Like their ancestors who murmured all the while God kept their newly freed selves fed and watered in the desert, many of these recently fed folk also…
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August 19, 2018
Jesus, still disputing with folks who’ve had their fill of bread says, "Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them." (Jn 6:56). "To abide," means, what your heart is set on. As Jesus sees it,…
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August 12, 2018
In this third slice of John’s 6th chapter, we hear Jesus and some of those who’d followed him across the lake in a conversation where they, too, are talking passed each other. It’s a bit reminiscent of the conversation…
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August 5, 2018
Still in John’s Gospel’s 6th chapter - this Sunday, we’ll encounter the crowd Jesus fed previously. Here, they follow him asking for more – more food and more proof Jesus is connected to God the way he says he is.
The…
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July 29, 2018
Beginning this Sunday, and for four additional weeks, we’ll hear from the 6th chapter of John’s Gospel. We begin with the feeding of the 5,000.
This new feeding thing is the only miracle reported in all four Gospels. …
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This Sunday we find Jesus and some of his disciples in Peter’s house. There, we see Jesus heal Peter’s mother-in-law of a fever. Mark tells us, He (Jesus) came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and…
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What definition of unclean spirit or demon makes sense in our day? Try this on for size: a demon is something that sucks the life out of you, without giving anything back.
Now if we work with this definition, rather than the kinds of…
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Jesus’ Other Mother
Identity politics: Jesus’ Way
Oh, Yeah. Gimme the Hard Stuff!
Is Holy Communion Dine-in, or Take-out? Yes!
If Ya Are What Ya Eat, What Ya Eat Matters
Ya Are What Ya Eat!
Feeding of the 5,000
Sunday at Bethany – February 4, 2018
Sunday at Bethany – January 28, 2018