Who We Are
For Sunday, October 27, 2013 – Luke 18:9-14 “God, thank you that I am not like other people!” Thank you, thank you that I don’t have their lousy jobs, their difficult families, their dysfunctional personalities (bless their hearts). Thank you for making me a little lower than the angels and a little higher than everyone […]
Don’t Lose Heart
For Sunday, October 20, 2013 – Luke 18:1-8 Driven by her passion for justice, a widow keeps going before a judge. The judge does not care much for her or her cause, but to get rid of her agrees to rule in her favor, “so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.” Jesus compares God to the […]
Mercy and Thanksgiving
For Sunday, October 13, 2013 – Luke 17:11-19 At the heart of it all is mercy. Healing our leprosy, whether physical, mental or spiritual, is but an outward sign of the most radical and audacious news—the God of love living in Jesus cannot stop healing and reconciling and making all things new. Ten times out of ten, […]
To Do What Is Ours to Do
For Sunday, October 6, 2013 – Luke 17:5-10 I wonder if they were surprised when Jesus said we didn’t need more faith, that even the tiniest seed of faith is enough. What matters now is to put faith into practice, to do what is ours to do. Like bookends at the start and finish of this passage, “increase […]