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Day 26: The Challenge of New Creation

Some Bible versions offer a slightly misleading translation of this week’s epistle reading. In 2 Corinthians 5:17, some translations state, “If anyone is in Christ, he or she is a new creature.” But Paul is actually saying much more than this. More accurate is the New Revised Standard Version, which indicates that it is not simply the individual who is a new creature, but in fact, “there is a new creation!” Or, as the New English Bible puts it, “there is a new world.”

Day 25: Which Person Are You?

Here’s a quick quiz. Which of these people are you?

Day 24: It’s All About Love

In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus makes it very simple. It is all about love, love of God expressed in love of our neighbor, of the people we live with and meet in our home, in the grocery store, at work or on the street. And what is love? I understand it to be the decision, the choice, the willingness to give value in my decision making to what is important to the other person. So “to love your neighbor as yourself” tells me to make the needs of my neighbor just as important as my own needs. It doesn’t say anything about that person’s race or nation of origin or skin color or religious beliefs.