It is a freeing love. It is the love of the cross. It is a love that cannot be conquered by hate. It is a love that can transform hate and even, some would say, change the world.
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In following Jesus, we could learn to experience real freedom
Freedom to love! Freedom to live! Freedom to forgive!
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Let the dance begin
Are we ready to go through the roof, be forgiven, given back the dance, and simply be amazed again and again and again?
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Biblical storytelling at its very best
What’s more, the murderous plot to destroy Jesus would come, but not just yet. It would be incubated for 33 years, and then it would be a communal tantrum of, yes, the jealous leaders — not just one king but many tantrum-filled adults.
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We give thanks for all who discover the invisible God
But in Jesus the Christ, who was clearly visible in his human nature, we experience God, the word made flesh — not only as visible in himself, but also making the invisible God very much visible to our eyes.
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We are being drawn to, into the story of all stories
A simple genealogical story opens the door for our coming to learn about where we came from and where we are going, because of this little baby sprung from the Davidic line that would open the doors of eternal life for all who believe.
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Wonderful diversity
And Jesus’ inclusive invitation is not just into a group, but an invitation to discover new life and love eternal in the now and then forever.
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No other law is necessary except the law of love
And just like any beast of burden that needed the yoke to be placed on their shoulders to force two of them to work together as pairs so that they could pull together, Jesus places a new yoke upon the hearts of his followers, upon us all.
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Fire from the heavens changes, burns into us a new way of living, loving
Because what Jesus is saying has to do with change of hearts that are so profound that attitudes, ways of thinking and speaking and being are transformed.
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Lent means going into the desert and letting go
It is precisely in our nakedness and emptiness, weariness and loneliness that we most find our God.
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