Category: Jesus
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Where Does All the Evil Go?
When I decided to accept the teaching of Jesus’ lineage as a Spiritual practice, I knew what I was getting myself into. I grew up Christian so I know how easy it can be to go to church on Sunday and have an emotional or mental release only to turn right back around on Monday…
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The Firstborn of Many – The Man of Steel as a Messianic Metaphor
***WARNING*** THERE WILL BE ALL KINDS OF MAN OF STEEL SPOILERS IN THIS POST. IF THAT KIND OF THING BOTHERS YOU…. WELL JUST SKIP THIS POST. AS A MATTER OF FACT, EVEN IF YOU ALREADY SAW THE MOVIE I MAY STILL SPOIL YOUR MEMORIES OR THE DVD RELEASE. DEPENDING ON YOUR OUTLOOK, THIS POST MAY…
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Hate the World, Make It a Better Place
There are whole industries dedicated to minimizing risk, variation, cost, and waste. They fall under the umbrella of what is called “quality control” and when it comes to manufacturing products, I think that there is a brilliance to it that can be applauded. It is so brilliant in fact that many people have integrated the…
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The Future Is Full of Problems
Recently I have been having a difficult time because everyone knows that I am about to graduate from seminary and they keep asking me what I am going to do when I graduate. No one wants to hear the truth, which is that I don’t know. They are asking me about a future that I…
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Remaining In a State of Grace
Have you ever felt like grace was upon you? All of a sudden you find yourself “in the right place at the right time” and the world offers you the very thing that you need with no resistance. The above video describes such an instance in my life. When things like that happen I often…
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Reflection on the Body of Christ and God’s Mysterious Ways
Ever since returning from China I have been reflecting on the Pauline metaphor of the Body of Christ. Meeting Christians in China was an amazing experience. I felt love, the Presence of the Holy Spirit, and the most sincere desire of the people to spread the love of Christ among their people and the world. …
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No More of This!
Luke 22:47-53 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus 47 While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; 48 but Jesus said to him, “Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Son…
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We All Have Wounds
I’m a firm believer that when we offer up our wounds in service to others–as I see Christ doing–then what can at first seem like a dysfunction, can actually become our function. In this sermon, my intention is to invite us into the possibility that the Christ within us can transform our wounds and make…
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