Resurrection and rebellion. These are the two words I want to pull from today’s readings. These two words belong together: resurrection and rebellion. You see the Sadducees who were aristocratic Jewish leaders connected to the priesthood and who thought all beliefs must be found in the Torah so they didn’t believe in Resurrection, the Sadducees are out to trip up Jesus. They don’t like him. Neither do the Pharisees who do believe  in the resurrection so the Pharisees don’t always get along...

Julian of Norwich, during an existential time of world history, the Black Plague, wrote the well-known prayer: “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.”  What is it that Julian had or knew that allowed her to not only pray these words, but believe these words? I think this week’s readings have at least part of an answer to that question. Last week we talked about how Jesus chose to walk in the borderlands—those spaces of conflict and tension, division...

Just before today’s bit in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus has been sharing with his disciples that following in the Way of Love requires endless...