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Poison or Medicine

Then [after Jesus was baptized] Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”Continue reading “Poison or Medicine”

Re-Grounded for the Resistance

17Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 2And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. 3Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 4Then PeterContinue reading “Re-Grounded for the Resistance”

Ethic of Neighborly Love

“You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that if you are angry with a sibling, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a sibling, you will be liable to theContinue reading “Ethic of Neighborly Love”

Being Who You Are

‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. ‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. No one after lightingContinue reading “Being Who You Are”

A Dream Realized

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road byContinue reading “A Dream Realized”

Creating New Families Out of Thin Air

An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron,Continue reading “Creating New Families Out of Thin Air”

Wise Travelers on a Wild Path

In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.’ When King Herod heard this,Continue reading “Wise Travelers on a Wild Path”

From Dust to Dirt

Psalm 51:1-17 1 Have mercy on me, O God,   according to your steadfast love;according to your abundant mercy   blot out my transgressions.2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,   and cleanse me from my sin.3 For I know my transgressions,   and my sin is ever before me.4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned,   and done what is evil in yourContinue reading “From Dust to Dirt”

Divest and Invest

“For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. The one who had received the five talents went off at once andContinue reading “Divest and Invest”