Like Thomas, we want concrete evidence of Jesus' resurrection. But Jesus says "blessed are those who have not seen, and yet believe," suggesting a different kind of evidence is in order.
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Mark's gospel seems to end abruptly, with Jesus' followers running and hiding, rather than joining him on the road. But this is intentional. Mark is giving we who hear the story our own choice as to leave the empty tomb unchanged or transformed.
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It's easy to see God in the beautiful places of our world--like the face of a baby or a sunset. It's much harder to see God in the ugly places of our lives and in our world.
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Often Christianity is presented as a set of ideas to be affirmed or rejected. Yet, it's more than that--it's fundamentally trust in a person.
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We waste so many good things we've been given: talents, potential, relationships, and even creation itself. Nonetheless, the limits of God's mercy have not been set--God always has more to give.
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We live in a fast-paced culture, with hectic schedules, stressful careers and incredible, competing demands on our time. Busy-ness is often seen as a mark of success, or importance. Unless you're God.
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We can have plenty of good, reasonable justifications for not loving other people and not helping them out. Jesus, however, seems to have a way of shattering even our best excuses.
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St. George's welcomed Rev. Dr. Richard Topping, Principal of Vancouver School of Theology as our guest preacher.
Church can be a sanctuary where we withdraw from the chaos of the world. Nonetheless, even the best protected sanctuary can have its predators.
Bad religion creates people who are self-serving, privilege gathering. Good religion creates people who live sacrificially for love of God and neighbor.
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In these three little verses, Jesus is all about how to be in relationship with God, flipping societies’ expectations on their head. He says, this ain’t no insiders club – truth, is, its easier if in all the rest of your life you just don’t fit.
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