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The anointing for the burial, the core Gospel for every day every where (Mark 14.9)
1 Two days before the Passover, at the end of the week after Jesus rode intoJerusalem on a donkey, a week of continued witness, teaching, about matters like the greatest commandment, within a tumble of argument, conflict, plotting to kill Jesus, who doesn’t run away, but carries on upturning the tables, calling for a true…
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Zacchaeus responds to the spirit of Jesus
Soon, Christmas will be upon us, and we will hear words from the Fourth Gospel: ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.’ That is the language of John. But today our reading comes…
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Christmas mistaken?
God is love, overflowing love to all the world … we celebrate the birth of Jesus within that larger perspective. And, we are told, God is in control, God is always with us. In our religion, the two blend together, and their relation is not critically evaluated. The first I believe and want to follow.…
While it is yet day
Haddon Willmer