This sermon was from Sunday, October 9th and it is from the texts for Pentecost 17A Isaiah 25:1-9, Psalm 23, Philippians 4:1-9, Matthew 22:1-14 Every communion Sunday our liturgy changes just a little bit. By that I am not just talking about the insertion of the rite of Holy Communion that comes right after the…
Matthew 18:21-35 Pentecost 13A Once upon a time. Jesus is telling parables again today. It’s a good idea, too, since a lot of what Jesus has to say today is difficult for us to hear. Coating it in a nice story might make it easier to swallow. It is made all the more difficult to…
I truly, deeply, do not want to be disrespectful of anyone for whom 9/11 holds particular personal significance by what I am about to say. Also, I have often emphasized to anyone who seeks to find any kind of miniscule connection to the Twin Towers that the attack of that day was not merely on…
Matthew 18 In the beginning, God created. God spoke and it was so. He made all that is. He made the human; made the human community. Made us. And when we fell, he caught us and placed us carefully in a new place so that we could, with his help, learn a new life. God…
Pentecost 11A Jeremiah 15:15-21, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 16:21-28 Confession: I do not like a single one of the texts for this week. Not one. Jeremiah is whining on, as he does through pretty much his entire book. The text from Romans makes Paul sound like a father with a list of advice for his kids…
Shepherdess Writes 