Student Teaching Grace
Pentecost is a moment of empowerment. But what are we being empowered to do? We often use the confusion to avoid doing anything. And the gospel of sharingPentecost | John 14:8-17 (25-27) Woo! Here we...
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The Trinity is hard. Understanding it. And living it. But that is precisely what Jesus is inviting us to work out. And why love isn’t neutralTrinity Sunday | John 16:12-15 I’m confident it doesn’t...
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The Spirit’s Potential
Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash For Sunday Easter 6A Collect O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards...
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The Unseen Spirit
Photo by Marcos Paulo Prado on Unsplash The matters of sight continue this week. This is the ongoing teaching from Jesus this Easter season: to develop new sight. We don’t fully appreciate it at the...
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Advocating Love
Photo by Savvas Kalimeris on Unsplash [cropped] The Power of the SpiritEaster 6A | John 14:15-21 You know how there’s a classic you haven’t gotten around to reading, and at a certain point, you’ve...
View ArticleWitness is a participatory word
For a lot of church people, the word witness evokes two things: court rooms and evangelicals. Which makes it a word we aren’t keen to use. But it is an important word in the gospel of John. Over...
View ArticleChange as new witness—for Pentecost
For SundayThe Day of Pentecost Collect Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout...
View ArticleMore than a Show
Pentecost and the revolutionary presencePentecost | Acts 2:1-21 and John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 drewdowns · More than a Show (Pentecost) The Holy Spirit sure knows how to make an entrance, doesn’t she?...
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