Archive for June 2016
Mission: Transformed
By Michelle Garcia September-October 2012 ON A FLIGHT from New York City to Guatemala some years back, I met a woman from Oklahoma on her way to visit her…
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In this week’s text Jesus turns toward Jerusalem where he will confront the brutal reality of sin head on. On his way to the city that he loves, he takes…
Read MoreSeized By Fear
The man in the tombs we see in this passage is tormented by demons that will not go away. They have “seized” him. They have overpowered his life and isolated…
Read MoreA Gospel Turning
The Gospel is alive and well, but there is an exodus from the Church in North America. My hunch is that it has something to do with the fact that,…
Read MoreClash of Crowds
A collision at the city gate!! A crowd of death is leaving the city while a crowd of life is entering – they collide at the city gate. The first…
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