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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Nov 14, 20213 min read
“Post-it Note Power”
“Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds!” says our scripture or as Eugene Peterson puts it in the Message,...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Nov 7, 20213 min read
"Can I Get a Set of Wings"
A few weeks ago, the route was different. The disciples brought Jesus a borrowed donkey and he descended from the Mount of Olives into...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
May 22, 20213 min read
“One Last Time”
A few weeks ago, the route was different. The disciples brought Jesus a borrowed donkey and he descended from the Mount of Olives into...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
May 8, 20213 min read
“Conquer the World”
What images flood into your head when you hear the word “conquer”? (Take a moment to consider.) Maybe Alexander the Great, who conquered...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
May 1, 20213 min read
“A reminder about Love”
“Beloved,” the writer of 1 John says to his community, “let us love one another, because love is from God …” He is saying this, I remind...
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Apr 24, 20212 min read
“Love is Truth and Action”
Our passage today from 1 John begins, “We know love by this …” What does love look like? Could you draw a picture of it? Or pick it out...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 17, 20213 min read
“Children of God”
Maybe you saw the story. It came across my newsfeed about ten days ago. The headline was guaranteed to capture attention: “We found a...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 10, 20214 min read
“The Word of Life”
It is easy to imagine that a community of believers quickly gathered in the wake of the resurrection; that they shared in amazement and...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 3, 20213 min read
“Easter Silence”
Three things: Mark is the first to record the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Other gospels will follow. Mark’s account is brief,...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 27, 20215 min read
“A symbol, shorthand, a sign”
Mark is always brief – as if he is trying to tell us his version of the gospel 140 characters at a time – so when he spends almost 2/3 of...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 14, 20215 min read
“Talking to Nicodemus”
His head was spinning. It was like Jesus was speaking a foreign language. He had come to ask the teacher from Galilee some questions. He...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 7, 20214 min read
“The Temple of his body”
John begins his gospel as if he is describing creation – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Feb 28, 20216 min read
“Cross talk”
I told you Mark is a confrontational gospel! Here is more proof: We are half-way through the gospel and people are still unsure about who...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Feb 21, 20215 min read
“Where the Wild Things Are”
Fred Craddock observes, “It is difficult to listen to a text when there are other texts in the room talking about the same subject...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Feb 14, 20215 min read
“Down and Out”
Do you remember climbing a tree as a child? Up, up, hand over hand. Stretching, straining, your heart beating fast. Until you can peer...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Feb 7, 20214 min read
“Fever Dream”
It began with a fever. She tried to ignore it. She had too much work to do; to many people counting on her! But ignoring it didn’t make...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 31, 20215 min read
“A Healing in our Midst”
Imagine this scene: Jesus walks into the synagogue at Capernaum and begins to teach. What would that have looked like? Mark 1:21-28...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 24, 20215 min read
“Reasons to Follow”
Do you remember that we started the Advent season six weeks ago with words from Isaiah 64? The prophet put into words Israel’s longing...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 10, 20214 min read
“Baptized, Beloved, Blessed”
Do you remember that we started the Advent season six weeks ago with words from Isaiah 64? The prophet put into words Israel’s longing...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 3, 20212 min read
“From the lips of the Magi – a story in four parts”
By now you have heard the story of our adventure following a star. People always ask what drew us to travel all that way; and about...
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