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This Week's Focus - brief reflections on upcoming Revised Lectionary Texts as used for daily & weekly, seasonal worship by many Christian denominations.

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Jesus promises us a happy ending. But getting there will be another story. In this week's gospel, Jesus tells us: Do you think I came to give peace to the earth. No, I tell you, I came to divide it. To a world awash in sin, Jesus announces he's... more
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Besides many helpful hints about water safety, we can learn a lot from the U.S. Coast Guard. Their motto is ?Semper Paratus.? But ?Always Ready? is more than their motto; it is the way that they live. And it has served them well…... more
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More and more our lives are defined by ?stuff?… getting stuff, keeping stuff, always wanting more and better stuff. Whether it's a bigger flat screen or a smarter smart phone, there is always more stuff out there that upon attainment... more
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Busy. Busy. Busy. We're all so busy… being busy… planning and doing, getting and keeping, fussing and fixing. Our busy selves tell us that if God wanted us to have time for him, he would have made 48-hour days and 14-day... more
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My mother-in-law is one of my heroes. For thirty years she has been the principle care-giver for my brother-in-law John, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy. That means thirty years of therapy and specialists, thirty years of lifting and shifting,... more
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In this week's gospel, Jesus treats his disciples to a harsh dose of reality. Jesus is telling us that to be an open, active Christian means to be set among wolves. They have vicious teeth and claws, but we are armed with the grace... more
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If you ever needed convincing that Christ's love is not just syrupy sentiment, this gospel gives you more than enough proof. On his journey to the cross, Christ is demanding of himself and demanding of us. He's very clear about what he... more
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As miracles go, casting out demons is probably my least favorite. The blind seeing, the deaf hearing, the lame walking: they are all familiar, even conceptually comfortable, miracles. Raising the dead, while obviously a much higher order of... more
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I can remember as a kid what a great comfort it was to live on the same street as a legendary neighborhood ne'er-do-well. Whatever my transgressions, they always paled in comparison to the misadventures of that wild kid down the block.... more
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This week we are back into the bread and butter basics of the gospel. We have celebrated the Resurrection and its aftermath. The Ascension, Pentecost and Trinity Sunday are receding in the rear-view mirror. With this week's gospel, we... more
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