That's What She Said

How to get everyone’s attention. Say a public and plain “yes” to what God wants, as Jesus does in his baptism “to fulfill all righteousness,” and you’ll have the attention of the Enemy as well. We live in a world saturated with not-God possibilities, as Jesus did. It doesn’t get easier just because we’re with him.

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How to tell the truth. Christmas can be a sentimental season. There are no carols about the “slaughter of the innocents,” at least not in Protestant experience. But Matthew won’t leave us with a gauzy manger scene in a startlingly clean barn; he has an accompanying memory in mind that must have its say. We’re reminded of another Matthean warning, coming later: “From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matthew 11:12).

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Home By Another Way. Gentiles welcome (and protect) the toddler Jesus; the eternal Christ welcomes (and saves) Gentiles. Human destinies intertwined; we are included! Thanks be to God!

God’s logos/logic, walking around. God-in-the-flesh. Gasp!  

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Contemplate Your Mortality. Jesus Did. Those who are born must die; this is the human experience. And those who must die, must suffer – “Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” This gift of solidarity Jesus gives us is total, the complete experience of life as a human creature.

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The Rev. Shannon Moore joins us again! This time he is preaching from Matthew 25:31-46. What are we supposed to do with this damn sheep-and-goats story?

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Jesus With a Blowtorch? John the Baptist says Jesus will “gather the wheat, burn the chaff” – perhaps subconsciously making the point that wheat and chaff co-exist on the same plant, are part of the same organism; and as such the metaphor refers to the whole person, part wheat, part chaff – that’s me! What John doesn’t know (?) is that Jesus will accomplish this purification of persons with deeply human/e kindness, rather than scorching criticism and condemnation.

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Son of Man, Son of Women. Jesus descends from a long line of women whose experiences fall outside the bounds of “family values.” Tamar’s, Ruth’s, Rahab’s, and Bathsheba’s stories are the opposite of the “purity” narrative of Mary’s perpetual virginity, or Anne’s immaculate conception; and maybe the gift here is that you’re not so dirty after all?

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ATPSDKWL (that’s All Time Preaching Sub During Katie's Writing Leave, don’tcha know) Rev. Shannon Moore is back with us to give Katie a week off to write! This week he’s preaching from Luke 21:5-19 to wrap up the current series. But while “We’re Gonna Need More Forks” is ending, its heart will go on.

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Look for the Widows. God has a peculiar preference for widows; Jesus is especially sympathetic to them. Who are they? How are they like us, not like us? 

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