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Our calling is to become citizens of the kingdom here and now. This is advanced citizenship and demands our all.

We are told not to be conformed to this world but transformed by the renewing of our mind. This requires seeing with different eyes.

The Joseph story of faithfulness and reconciliation with his family is a story for a time such as this.

The story of Jacob's son Joseph is a gift - that even the darkest pit, vilest betrayal cannot separate us from God's mercy and purposes.

Wrestling with God is how Jacob comes to experience blessing.

The parables of Jesus teach that the kingdom of heaven is inviting and disturbing.

The parable of the wheat and the weeds is counter intuitive - this farmer is patient, generous and hopeful!

The image of the seed being watered by the rain of heaven is delightful and encouraging.

Desire is a strong and recurrent theme in life and Scripture. Desire for human love, communion with the divine, and to find where we fit.

In life we are informed and formed by what we attend to. Our choices make this a life giving circle or a vicious circle that diminishes us.

Jesus said "I have not come to bring peace but a sword." Hard words for most of us but words of life if we will attend.

We are called to be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves. This requires holding the two images together in a holy third way.