Way to Live

Lent 3A

A friend tells a story about being at a retreat where the leader asked the participants to think of someone who represented Christ for them. When it came time to share answers, one woman spoke up and said, “I had to think hard about that one. I kept thinking, Who is it that told me the truth about … Read the rest

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Thankfully Healed

Proper 23C

Ten lepers healed. Shout about that miracle from the rooftops! In an age of readily accessible medicine, it’s easy for us to forget the high cost of sickness in Jesus’ time. So let me bring it home to you: leprosy, which might have described any number of painful and debilitating skin diseases, would also have been cause for … Read the rest

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