In Luke’s gospel, Jesus tells two parables about prayer one right after the other. That’s probably not an accident. Whether Jesus actually told these parable back to back or Luke puts them in this order, we should pause and wonder how each parable interprets the other. The first parable is about a widow who will […]
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The Perils of Gratitude
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for people being grateful. However, as with most things it’s all too easy to turn gratitude into a competition, complete with a checklist. It’s not hard at all to compare my beliefs and my actions to others and humbly think, “well at least I’m not as bad as….”. Not […]
Conversation in Faith 