When we think of God as powerful, we assume that God's power is like human power: destructive, fearful. Jesus suggest God's power is more like mustard.
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Our job is to scatter the seed of God's grace indiscriminately, with the trust that the outcome, the fruit, is God’s doing.
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With Jesus, it’s both/and. Hearing and doing. Receiving and giving. And this is the pattern he sets for the Christian life, the whole human life.
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Christianity is often thought of as a "family-friendly" faith. Jesus in the temple seems to suggest otherwise.
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Jesus is not only the messenger--he himself is the message. And he brings with him both the message of God's reconciliation with humanity, he embodies it.
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If you read the Bible, Christmas isn't very nice. But that's the point: it doesn't have to be.
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Christmas needs the season of Advent because Advent provides the diagnosis for which Christmas is the cure.
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It's getting hard to believe that one person can make a difference in our world. But what if it's not about us making a difference, but being part of something bigger than ourselves?
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Sometimes stories in the Bible sound strange or impossible. Sometimes it's the point
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We assume we know the world works a certain way--there is a kind of conventional wisdom we follow. Jesus is God's wisdom, offering a corrective.
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