Matthew 21:8-46Isiah 50:7Matthew 26:3-75

Matthew 21:8-46Isiah 50:7Matthew 26:3-75

John 11:1-451. Expectations keep us from living in the present moment Expectations keep me from living in the present moment of each day. Expectations pull me into the past and plunge me into anxiety about the future. This keeps me from embracing the wonder, the sacredness and the freedom of Christ living within me in everyday life. Is it possible to live in a way where I no longer have any expectations towards anything in life?2. Expectations make us crazy with resentments Expectations in community, in relationships, with my family, with God, in life, within myself and with the church are making me crazy with resentments. I expect too much and often others are not what I want them to be. 3. Expectations keep us from showing grace and love to others Expectations keep me from rooting my life in a way of love and compassion. Expectations keep me from showing grace to others. Expectations keep me in a disillusioned state of craziness, meanness and arrogance. His main concern was love not expectations. 4. Expectations cause us to dwell in our hurt and pain Can expectations and love exist at the same time? I don’t think so. Being free of the resentments of the past requires that I release my expectations within me. I am hurting because of my expectations.5. Expectations trap us in our ideals Expectations cause me to develop ideals that leave me attached to something that doesn’t exist while I evade what is in my life. This is unhealthy, damaging and causes resentment. I live in a perpetual state of unforgiveness lacking grace, love and compassion when I get stuck here6. Expectations refuse the mystery of paradox There is a paradox in this because I still do things in the world with the hope that something good, beautiful and authentic will come of what I do, but I do it without an attachment to any expectations whatsoever. To live without expectations is miraculous and seems impossible. It is a beautiful way to live because it makes us more gentle, compassionate and connected with the wonder, sacredness and beauty of life in the present moment.7. Expectations reject forgiveness Flora Slosson Wuellner writes, “The best definition I have heard of forgiveness is ‘to release the other from our expectations’…”

John 11:1-451. Expectations keep us from living in the present moment Expectations keep me from living in the present moment of each day. Expectations pull me into the past and plunge me into anxiety about the future. This keeps me from embracing the wonder, the sacredness and the freedom of Christ living within me in everyday life. Is it possible to live in a way where I no longer have any expectations towards anything in life?2. Expectations make us crazy with resentments Expectations in community, in relationships, with my family, with God, in life, within myself and with the church are making me crazy with resentments. I expect too much and often others are not what I want them to be. 3. Expectations keep us from showing grace and love to others Expectations keep me from rooting my life in a way of love and compassion. Expectations keep me from showing grace to others. Expectations keep me in a disillusioned state of craziness, meanness and arrogance. His main concern was love not expectations. 4. Expectations cause us to dwell in our hurt and pain Can expectations and love exist at the same time? I don’t think so. Being free of the resentments of the past requires that I release my expectations within me. I am hurting because of my expectations.5. Expectations trap us in our ideals Expectations cause me to develop ideals that leave me attached to something that doesn’t exist while I evade what is in my life. This is unhealthy, damaging and causes resentment. I live in a perpetual state of unforgiveness lacking grace, love and compassion when I get stuck here6. Expectations refuse the mystery of paradox There is a paradox in this because I still do things in the world with the hope that something good, beautiful and authentic will come of what I do, but I do it without an attachment to any expectations whatsoever. To live without expectations is miraculous and seems impossible. It is a beautiful way to live because it makes us more gentle, compassionate and connected with the wonder, sacredness and beauty of life in the present moment.7. Expectations reject forgiveness Flora Slosson Wuellner writes, “The best definition I have heard of forgiveness is ‘to release the other from our expectations’…”

John 11:1-451. Expectations keep us from living in the present moment Expectations keep me from living in the present moment of each day. Expectations pull me into the past and plunge me into anxiety about the future. This keeps me from embracing the wonder, the sacredness and the freedom of Christ living within me in everyday life. Is it possible to live in a way where I no longer have any expectations towards anything in life?2. Expectations make us crazy with resentments Expectations in community, in relationships, with my family, with God, in life, within myself and with the church are making me crazy with resentments. I expect too much and often others are not what I want them to be. 3. Expectations keep us from showing grace and love to others Expectations keep me from rooting my life in a way of love and compassion. Expectations keep me from showing grace to others. Expectations keep me in a disillusioned state of craziness, meanness and arrogance. His main concern was love not expectations. 4. Expectations cause us to dwell in our hurt and pain Can expectations and love exist at the same time? I don’t think so. Being free of the resentments of the past requires that I release my expectations within me. I am hurting because of my expectations.5. Expectations trap us in our ideals Expectations cause me to develop ideals that leave me attached to something that doesn’t exist while I evade what is in my life. This is unhealthy, damaging and causes resentment. I live in a perpetual state of unforgiveness lacking grace, love and compassion when I get stuck here6. Expectations refuse the mystery of paradox There is a paradox in this because I still do things in the world with the hope that something good, beautiful and authentic will come of what I do, but I do it without an attachment to any expectations whatsoever. To live without expectations is miraculous and seems impossible. It is a beautiful way to live because it makes us more gentle, compassionate and connected with the wonder, sacredness and beauty of life in the present moment.7. Expectations reject forgiveness Flora Slosson Wuellner writes, “The best definition I have heard of forgiveness is ‘to release the other from our expectations’…”

John 11:1-451. Expectations keep us from living in the present moment Expectations keep me from living in the present moment of each day. Expectations pull me into the past and plunge me into anxiety about the future. This keeps me from embracing the wonder, the sacredness and the freedom of Christ living within me in everyday life. Is it possible to live in a way where I no longer have any expectations towards anything in life?2. Expectations make us crazy with resentments Expectations in community, in relationships, with my family, with God, in life, within myself and with the church are making me crazy with resentments. I expect too much and often others are not what I want them to be. 3. Expectations keep us from showing grace and love to others Expectations keep me from rooting my life in a way of love and compassion. Expectations keep me from showing grace to others. Expectations keep me in a disillusioned state of craziness, meanness and arrogance. His main concern was love not expectations. 4. Expectations cause us to dwell in our hurt and pain Can expectations and love exist at the same time? I don’t think so. Being free of the resentments of the past requires that I release my expectations within me. I am hurting because of my expectations.5. Expectations trap us in our ideals Expectations cause me to develop ideals that leave me attached to something that doesn’t exist while I evade what is in my life. This is unhealthy, damaging and causes resentment. I live in a perpetual state of unforgiveness lacking grace, love and compassion when I get stuck here6. Expectations refuse the mystery of paradox There is a paradox in this because I still do things in the world with the hope that something good, beautiful and authentic will come of what I do, but I do it without an attachment to any expectations whatsoever. To live without expectations is miraculous and seems impossible. It is a beautiful way to live because it makes us more gentle, compassionate and connected with the wonder, sacredness and beauty of life in the present moment.7. Expectations reject forgiveness Flora Slosson Wuellner writes, “The best definition I have heard of forgiveness is ‘to release the other from our expectations’…”

Ephesians 5:8John 9:1-12John 9:13-16John 9:24-34John 9:35-41Psalm 23:1-6“Seeing the light and becoming the light means allowing Jesus to reinterpret the world for us...the light shines in the darkness so we can see, or so we can see how we’ve been seeing people without perceiving them rightly.” - Daniel Kirk“Follow these rules, and God will reward you, heal you, restore you…[we hold on to] this illusion of control until the very end. If a believer gets sick and dies, shame compounds the grief. Those who are loved and lost are just that — those who have lost the test of faith... Cancer has kicked down the walls of my life...But cancer has also ushered in new ways of being alive...everything feels as if it is painted in bright colors. In my vulnerability, I am seeing my world without the Instagrammed filter of breezy certainties and perfectible moments. I can’t help noticing the brittleness of the walls that keep most people fed, sheltered and whole. I find myself returning to the same thoughts again and again: Life is so beautiful. Life is so hard.”- Kate Bowler “It is as if our author is saying, ‘Jesus smeared the mud on his eyes; readers, what about your eyes?...Have your eyes been touched?” - Frederick Bruner “We’ve rarely read the text well until we assume that we’re the bad guys."- Daniel Kirk “What are ways we might be judging what other people are saying is the work of God, but we’re rejecting it because it doesn’t fit into our system of power or preserve our position?”- Daniel Kirk“May we be divinely protected from knowing too much, too surely. May we be careful in threatening people who question our certainties.”- Frederick Bruner “Aligning faith in God and certainty about what we believe and needing to be right in order to maintain a healthy faith—these do not make for a healthy faith in God. In a nutshell, that is the problem.”- Pete Enns

Ephesians 5:8John 9:1-12John 9:13-16John 9:24-34John 9:35-41Psalm 23:1-6“Seeing the light and becoming the light means allowing Jesus to reinterpret the world for us...the light shines in the darkness so we can see, or so we can see how we’ve been seeing people without perceiving them rightly.” - Daniel Kirk“Follow these rules, and God will reward you, heal you, restore you…[we hold on to] this illusion of control until the very end. If a believer gets sick and dies, shame compounds the grief. Those who are loved and lost are just that — those who have lost the test of faith... Cancer has kicked down the walls of my life...But cancer has also ushered in new ways of being alive...everything feels as if it is painted in bright colors. In my vulnerability, I am seeing my world without the Instagrammed filter of breezy certainties and perfectible moments. I can’t help noticing the brittleness of the walls that keep most people fed, sheltered and whole. I find myself returning to the same thoughts again and again: Life is so beautiful. Life is so hard.”- Kate Bowler “It is as if our author is saying, ‘Jesus smeared the mud on his eyes; readers, what about your eyes?...Have your eyes been touched?” - Frederick Bruner “We’ve rarely read the text well until we assume that we’re the bad guys."- Daniel Kirk “What are ways we might be judging what other people are saying is the work of God, but we’re rejecting it because it doesn’t fit into our system of power or preserve our position?”- Daniel Kirk“May we be divinely protected from knowing too much, too surely. May we be careful in threatening people who question our certainties.”- Frederick Bruner “Aligning faith in God and certainty about what we believe and needing to be right in order to maintain a healthy faith—these do not make for a healthy faith in God. In a nutshell, that is the problem.”- Pete Enns

Ephesians 5:8John 9:1-12John 9:13-16John 9:24-34John 9:35-41Psalm 23:1-6“Seeing the light and becoming the light means allowing Jesus to reinterpret the world for us...the light shines in the darkness so we can see, or so we can see how we’ve been seeing people without perceiving them rightly.” - Daniel Kirk“Follow these rules, and God will reward you, heal you, restore you…[we hold on to] this illusion of control until the very end. If a believer gets sick and dies, shame compounds the grief. Those who are loved and lost are just that — those who have lost the test of faith... Cancer has kicked down the walls of my life...But cancer has also ushered in new ways of being alive...everything feels as if it is painted in bright colors. In my vulnerability, I am seeing my world without the Instagrammed filter of breezy certainties and perfectible moments. I can’t help noticing the brittleness of the walls that keep most people fed, sheltered and whole. I find myself returning to the same thoughts again and again: Life is so beautiful. Life is so hard.”- Kate Bowler “It is as if our author is saying, ‘Jesus smeared the mud on his eyes; readers, what about your eyes?...Have your eyes been touched?” - Frederick Bruner “We’ve rarely read the text well until we assume that we’re the bad guys."- Daniel Kirk “What are ways we might be judging what other people are saying is the work of God, but we’re rejecting it because it doesn’t fit into our system of power or preserve our position?”- Daniel Kirk“May we be divinely protected from knowing too much, too surely. May we be careful in threatening people who question our certainties.”- Frederick Bruner “Aligning faith in God and certainty about what we believe and needing to be right in order to maintain a healthy faith—these do not make for a healthy faith in God. In a nutshell, that is the problem.”- Pete Enns

Ephesians 5:8John 9:1-12John 9:13-16John 9:24-34John 9:35-41Psalm 23:1-6“Seeing the light and becoming the light means allowing Jesus to reinterpret the world for us...the light shines in the darkness so we can see, or so we can see how we’ve been seeing people without perceiving them rightly.” - Daniel Kirk“Follow these rules, and God will reward you, heal you, restore you…[we hold on to] this illusion of control until the very end. If a believer gets sick and dies, shame compounds the grief. Those who are loved and lost are just that — those who have lost the test of faith... Cancer has kicked down the walls of my life...But cancer has also ushered in new ways of being alive...everything feels as if it is painted in bright colors. In my vulnerability, I am seeing my world without the Instagrammed filter of breezy certainties and perfectible moments. I can’t help noticing the brittleness of the walls that keep most people fed, sheltered and whole. I find myself returning to the same thoughts again and again: Life is so beautiful. Life is so hard.”- Kate Bowler “It is as if our author is saying, ‘Jesus smeared the mud on his eyes; readers, what about your eyes?...Have your eyes been touched?” - Frederick Bruner “We’ve rarely read the text well until we assume that we’re the bad guys."- Daniel Kirk “What are ways we might be judging what other people are saying is the work of God, but we’re rejecting it because it doesn’t fit into our system of power or preserve our position?”- Daniel Kirk“May we be divinely protected from knowing too much, too surely. May we be careful in threatening people who question our certainties.”- Frederick Bruner “Aligning faith in God and certainty about what we believe and needing to be right in order to maintain a healthy faith—these do not make for a healthy faith in God. In a nutshell, that is the problem.”- Pete Enns