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This Lenten season, we are in a sermon series about Good Grief. Each week we are going to highlight some cliches and things people say to each other when someone is suffering or grieving. We’ll try to highlight what’s not helpful, what is helpful, and how we can create a good gri...
13 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”14 Then Joseph got up, took ...
Jesus tried to find the man thrown out of the Temple. Conclusion: Maybe Jesus wants to find us in this Lenten season. Hosanna! Crucify him! Surely, I will not deny you. Hail, rabbi! I do not know the man! Conclusion: We so desperately need to be able to say, “Truly, this was ...
The Narrative Lectionary has gifted us with a series of challenging parables this lenten season. According to the Gospel of Matthew Jesus told these parables as a way of illuminating what theKingdom of Heaven– that is God’s alternative world order – might look like. This week’s parable ...