Healing stories are exciting and awkward to explore. What can we learn from this story of Jesus healing the leper. What can we learn from the characteristics of Jesus, the healer, and also the one healed as we seek Jesus’ healing touch and seek to be instruments of healing for others?
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Jesus’ ministry was marked by a definite purpose, service to others, and time alone to rest and connect with God.
How does Jesus’ baptism inform our own baptism? Do we hear God saying to us as God said to Jesus, “You are my child. My beloved. In you I take pleasure?”
Anna and Simeon expected the Messiah to show up even though they did not know when or how. Are we expecting Christ to show up in our lives? In our world?
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In what areas of your life are you expecting Christ to appear in 2012?
On the first Sunday of Advent we reflect on longing and waiting. There is nothing wrong with desire, especially when those desires are brought to God who can use them to transform us and the world. After all, all of our desires are, at least in part, a desire for God, God’s self.
Today is the Feast of Christ the King. The very name sounds archaic. And, by the way, who needs a king? We imagine what a life, a church, a nation ruled by Jesus might look like.
Jesus’ parable of the talents invites us to look at something differently. What have you been given? How will you use it?
We each are living a story, individually and societally. Are you satisfied with the story you are living? God invites us to live God’s story. It can be scary to change stories, but we are assured it is worth the risk.
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