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The Talents

Prefer to listen? Here’s the podcast version of The Talents. Yesterday was the 24th Sunday after Pentecost, and this year the gospel reading was one of my favorite parables: The Talents (Matthew 25:14-30). The author of Matthew uses this parable to portray the End Times, a discussion begun by the disciples’ question “What will be […]

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How about mayo?

Excelencifying comes in all sorts of forms and activities, and one of my is the quest for the perfect mayonnaise. When I was a grad student at the University of Chicago, I cooked in a restaurant, and one of the duties I relished most was making fresh mayonnaise, 2 or 3 quarts at a time. […]

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The Woman at the Well

Wednesday, June 17, was the anniversary of the murder of the Emmanuel Nine, and churches across the country remembered the victims and their families and congregations. These moments of reflection on lives lost to hatred are particularly poignant at this historical moment, when many white people are awakening to the legacies of racism in our […]

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George Floyd: A reflection

Friends of Live Your Virtue: This message is for everyone who’s life and actions guide others. In other words, it’s for everyone — but especially for teachers, no matter what form that may take. Like many of you, I found the death of George Floyd in police custody deeply disturbing, and I’ve been struggling with a need to […]

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