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Browse past reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary. Faith questions answered with varying degrees of certainty.

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On Returning Home

Luke 15:11–32

The Prodigal Son. A boy leaves home certain he knows everything, and returns home certain he doesn't. The father waits, the older brother fumes, and grace shows up uninvited.

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On Being Pointed At

John 1:29-42

John the Baptist sees Jesus and announces, "Look, the Lamb of God." His disciples immediately leave him to follow Jesus. This is either terrible marketing or extraordinary faith.

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On Getting Wet

Mark 1:4-11

John baptizes people in the river while wearing camel hair and eating locusts. Then Jesus shows up and asks to be baptized, which makes no theological sense whatsoever.

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