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Decentering

Many of us are familiar with the story of Joseph in the Bible. If you are, you know that over the last 14 chapters of Genesis, we are also introduced to LOTS of characters. Who's to say we're always the "Joseph" in the story?
This year, our Lenten practice is decentering: trying to breakthrough the assumption that every verse of the Bible is about me, to me, and directly for whatever happens to be going on in my life when I read that verse or that story. It’s a way of opening our ears more fully to God, and finding ourselves wherever we actually are in God’s story, not just where we want to be. 

April 4, 2021 -- Easter, "The Gardener" -- John 20

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March 28, 2021 -- "Moving Target -- Matthew 21:7-17

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March 21, 2021 -- "Return of the Exiles" -- Ezra 3:8-13

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March 14, 2021 -- "Reckoning" -- Genesis 42-50

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March 7, 2021 -- "Finding God in the Other" -- Genesis 40-41

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February 28, 2021 -- "Mr. and Mrs. Potiphar" -- Genesis 39

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February 21, 2021 -- "Decentering" -- Genesis 37:1-11

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