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Tag Archives: Mark 9:30-37
Succession
I must admit, with the news and all, I couldn’t help wondering about whether the disciples were actually arguing about the succession plan. After all, Mark says that they didn’t understand when Jesus told him about his death and coming … Continue reading
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Succession
Arguing succession and success,was the prophetic failure of deatha threat to their ambition, or of what were they afraid: the banality of the cross,perverse instinct of humankind to kill, to crush instead of to create; or the riposte of otherworldly … Continue reading
Who is the greatest?
Because I am no greater than my enemy; I am no more beloved of God than my neighbour; I am created no closer to the image of God than the face that I love the least. Continue reading
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Tagged child, greatness, Mark 9:30-37, Psalm 54, vengeance
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Opportunist
Robin alighted as soon as I mowed the first swathe of grass, an aspiring scavenger sifting the cuttings for prey. Undeterred by the turning blade, it tilted an eye as though to say, we are not so different, you and … Continue reading
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Year B Proper 20: all the questions you were afraid to ask
A typical conversation with a toddler turning from two to three might go a bit like this: Let’s put on your shoes. – Why? Because we need to go shopping for food. – Why? So that we have … Continue reading
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Year B Proper 20: mixed motives
We are complicated creatures, we humans. We can hear a dogmatic statement that “whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all,” and right away, we can begin competing to come last, to be the … Continue reading
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