Doing Our Faith
For Sunday, October 2, 2016 – Luke 17:5-10 Many are the ways we become trapped. Last week’s gospel lesson showed us the bondage of being separated from one another, not seeing, not reaching out or caring. Each time we walk past the needs of our neighbor or ignore the cries of our own diminished humanity, […]
The Bondage of Separation
For Sunday, September 25, 2016 – Luke 16:19-31 Without noticing, oh so subtly, we drift away. We step around each other, uncertain how to connect, not wanting to interfere, to bear responsibility, to navigate the uncertainties. We feel the chill of increasing distance, and snuggle up closer to our jobs, our worldwide web of acquaintances, […]
A New Kind of Community
Luke 16:1-13 Jesus continues his advanced curriculum of “hard teachings” that do not align easily with commonly held wisdom. His teachings say we must be ready to hate some whom we have loved the most; we will fight, not with weapons, but a cross; we will risk losing all we have safely gathered to search for one precious part that gets away. […]
Finding the Joy
For Sunday, September 11, 2016 – Luke 15:1-10 – Luke 15:1-10 Having just squeezed through the narrow gate of suddenly losing my mom, the heart of our family, the power strip who kept the rest of us plugged in and connected, it was quite challenging to hear Jesus say in last Sunday’s gospel passage that if we come to him and […]
