Getting the Picture
For Sunday, September 15, 2013 – Luke 15:1-10 Desmond Tutu (at that time Archbishop of Cape Town) was attending a distinguished gathering in New York in his official, priestly role. Noting that no one present seemed to be impoverished, he asked if he might go somewhere to celebrate communion with the truly poor. Arrangements were […]
Hate and Love
For Sunday, September 8, 2013 – Luke 14:25-33 Things don’t go the way we plan. I don’t turn out to be who I thought I would be. I notice you don’t either. The plans we’ve made for our future change. What it means to follow Jesus changes, too. Jesus, his message and his acts, are growing popular; […]
Entertaining Strangers
For Sunday, September 1, 2013 – Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 – Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 She showed up without a reservation, as most of God’s emissaries do. Clutching two plastic shopping bags, a scattered look in her eyes, she said quickly, “I was sent by Father Such-and-So. He gave me money and told me to come here.” Rats. The good Father […]
You Are Set Free
For Sunday, August 25, 2013 – Luke 13:10-17 She had been bent over, crippled, for 18 years — a lifetime within a lifetime. Each 18-year segment of our lives, complete unto itself, fertile with its own potential, yielding an entire crop of experiences. Given 18 years we can reach a longed for destination, achieve a goal; we can […]
