Sermons

ReadingsHabakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4Psalm 37:1-102 Timothy 1:1-14Luke 17:5-10 Yet again, we have a difficult lesson in today’s Gospel. Jesus speaks of faith and miracles and then of masters and slaves. At…

ReadingsAmos 6:1a,4-7Psalm 1461 Timothy 6:6-19Luke 16:19-31 Today’s Gospel lesson is a challenging one. In it Jesus describes something of a desperate situation marked by the stark differences between the rich…

ReadingsAmos 8:4-7Psalm 1131 Timothy 2:1-7Luke 16:1-13 It would be easy for us to get bogged down trying to unpack and figure out exactly what Jesus is doing in today’s parable…

ReadingsExodus 32:7-14Psalm 51:1-111 Timothy 1:12-17Luke 15:1-10 You know, during his earthly life, Jesus didn't always have the best reputation. You see he hung out with all the wrong kind of…

ReadingsDeuteronomy 30:15-20Psalm 1Philemon 1-21Luke 14:25-33 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.” What…

ReadingsSirach 10:12-18Psalm 112Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16Luke 14:1, 7-14 I grew up in a religiously mixed home. My father was a Roman Catholic, and my mother grew up in a Pentecostal tradition.…