Tag: Jesus
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A Persistent Faith
When I first read this Gospel text from Luke it felt really false. After Jesus tells a parable about a widow who gets justice by continually asking, continually pestering an unjust judge, we get this summary statement about God from Jesus: “Will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day […]
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Foolishness of Faith
“We are fools for the sake of Christ” 1 Corinthians 4:10 I oftentimes find myself struggling with the foolishness of the Gospel. I want to be faithful, but I also want to be responsible and reasonable. In the Spring of 2006 I got completely engrossed in the news about a hostage crisis in Iraq. Four […]
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about Martha
Luke 10: 38-42 “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.” You are worried and distracted, worried and distracted, worried and distracted. Jesus, I can’t get your words out of my head. […]
Teri McDowell Ott 