Tag Archives: Matthew

The Wedding Banquet — Guest Post from Barbara Messner, interpreted in Australia

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Maren

(wherever we live we can experience Matthew 22:1-14 as a call for listening and reconciliation and change in the relationships between indigenous peoples and those descended from colonizers) Can I open my ears now to hearthe good news in this … Continue reading →

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Guest Post — Barbara Messner on Matthew 16:21-28

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Maren

Get Behind Me Satan (Matthew 16-21-28) “Get behind me Satan!” he said to one he valued as rock to build a church on: worth noting just how quickly key insights get distorted by our survival instinct and lustful need for … Continue reading →

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Jesus and Distance Learning (Matthew 15: 10-28)

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Maren

Jesus listened to what came out of his own mouth calling the woman a dog, and realized how it defiled him. He saw her faith, he heard her hope, and he felt her love. After that, the gospel says, he … Continue reading →

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More Value than Many Sparrows? Matthew 10:29-31 — Guest post Stirling, South Australia

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Maren

But why would God count humans of more value than one expiring two a penny sparrow? It’s we who price resources of our earth convinced that human profit has more worth than all the fragile beauties freely given and meant … Continue reading →

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Reading the Gospel of Matthew in the summertime! A response from Aotearoa/ New Zealand

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Maren

Rosalie Sugrue has responded to my post of two days ago with her seasonal take on the gospel of Matthew. Reading the Gospel of Matthew in the summertime [improv on Maren Jan 22/2020] There’s something old and dusty, the way … Continue reading →

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Reflection on Matthew 16: 13-20

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Maren

Star-writer God, I read your words. Wind-singer God, I listen to your harmony. Seed-planter God, I eat your harvest. Lava-chef God, I am warm by your power. God of eagle and blue heron and chipmunk, I find myself like a … Continue reading →

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Refection on Matthew 15: 21-28

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Maren

She is not the downward facing dog, and he is not at his godliest, and yet a child is healed. And, if you’ve ever let your ignorance show, like toilet paper stuck to a shoe, your first reaction flash like … Continue reading →

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Improv on Matthew 13:52

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Maren

Jesus] said to them,” Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kindom of heaven is like the householder who brings out of the treasure what is pew and what is told.” Put your hand on the pew, any … Continue reading →

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Olive Oil … extra virgin Matthew 25: 1-10, another interpretation

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Maren

My thoughts for the story — different from my friend Gerardo’s It doesn’t make me feel any better that four of my friends are out here with me on the other side of the wall from the music. It was … Continue reading →

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Improv on Matthew 5: 3-16, for myself, all my friends in recovery

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Maren

Blessed are the powerless over alcohol, for theirs is the realm of one day at a time. Blessed are weightwatchers, for they shall be comforted without food. Blessed are those willing to go into drug treatment, for they will inherit … Continue reading →

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