The parable of The Prodigal Son from the gospel of Luke is a wonderful illustration of how Jesus turns a spirituality of climbing, achieving, and perfectionupside down. The younger brother who had done it wrongwas now being humbled, forgiven, transformed, and rewarded. The older brother was proud, done everything right, felt superior, entitled, but remained unopen to God’s blessing. […]
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Requirements for being a disciple of Jesus Christ according to Luke: • Hate your family • Hate life itself • Pick up your cross • Renounce all of your possessions Who would sign up for such a thing? Our Gospel this week has Luke’s Jesus continuing to lay down some unbelievable criteria for his followers. Such stern challenging messages
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This weekend, as we reflect on the Gospel of Luke, mealsprovide a central setting and theme for Jesus’ unique mission. There are more references to eating, banquetsand being attablein Luke than in any other gospel. The language of food, in general, serves as a sign of life, celebration and fellowship. Jesus reminds us that real discipleship is about living
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In my earliest conversations with Bishop Rassas and as I applied to be your pastor, I found a very important fit between the culture of servant leadership here at Holy Family and my own theology of ministry. From my days in the seminary, it was conveyed to me that working with and empowering talented and
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This weekend, the gospel of Luke invites us to see a more challenging imageof Jesus than we are used to seeing. It is not the image of the sweet baby Jesusasleep on the hay, walking on the Sea of Galilee, engaging in miracles of healing, the bringer of peace, or the one suffering and dying-for-me on the cross. It is an uncomfortableimage of Jesus
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