God’s Love Not My Labor
Proper 20: Gospel, Matthew 20:1-16 Matthew 20:1-16 Do me a favor. Read the story that Jesus shares in the gospel text above and see if you don’t have the least bit...
Christ and Courage
Proper 20: Epistle, Philippians 1:12-14, 19-30 Philippians 1:12-14, 19-30 I marvel, and I imagine you might as well, at the accounts of Paul and the other early Christians in regard to their courage. Beatings, neglect...
Abundantly
Proper 20: Old Testament, Isaiah 55:6-9 Isaiah 55:6-9 One of those passages. One of those that causes me to stop and nearly gasp. Full and overflowing with good news is this announcement by...
Keep At It
Proper 19: Gospel, Matthew 18: 21-35 Matthew 18: 21-35 This week’s gospel lesson. Forgive. And keep right on forgiving. Why? Because God, the Lord has...
The Wide of Brotherly Love
Proper 19: Epistle, Romans 14:1-12 Romans 14:1-12 Now that is a strange title. I wrote it. I admit it. But our epistle text this...
Loving Forgiveness
Proper 19: Old Testament, Genesis 50:15-21 Genesis 50:15-21 Over the past several years I have begun to run into Joseph a bit more often than before. Now, not Joseph, the guardian of Jesus and His mom...
Children Can’t Believe?
Proper 18: Gospel, Matthew 18:1-20 Matthew 18:1-20 Goodness me, we hear this all the time. Those of us who practice the biblical and historical rite of baptizing...
Submission is a Love Word
Proper 18: Epistle, Romans 13:1-10 Romans 13:1-10 There are a few topics that you run across in church work that evoke rather visceral responses from the people you love...
Open Wide
Proper 18: Old Testament, Ezekiel 33:7-9 Ezekiel 33:7-9 Interestingly, just a few days ago I shared that the church in our day doesn’t do justice to the immense...
Things of God, Things of Men
Proper 17: Gospel, Matthew 16: 21-28 Matthew 16: 21-28 It would be a disturbing thing to lose a good friend. By that, I mean by death taking them away. How much more...
