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Becoming manna
There’s a connection between a desire to care and the offer of food. We’re committed to each other’s survival.
August 11, Ordinary 19B, (John 6:35, 41–51)
We need to wrestle with the meaning of Jesus’ flesh as bread, bread we are to consume.
August 12, Ordinary 19B (John 6:35, 41-51)
People must have gasped when Jesus opened his mouth and said 'I am.'
by Victoria Lynn Garvey
Offering the elements to the unbaptized can be seen as a development and not a revolution, but it is a significant change. Is it a good one?
by Charles Hefling
Jesus offers signs of life in the midst of death.
by Audrey West
By Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
For decades, my students have failed to grasp the resurrection of the body as an article of faith.
God has become clear in the person of Jesus.
In the face of existential threat, God comes with the grace which is the courage to be.