Sermons from September 2022
The Rich Man and Lazarus
The parable of the rich man and Lazarus. It’s easy to poke a finger at the rich guy and say he should have helped the poor man sleeping in front of his gates, but aren’t we a bit like him?
Dishonest Wealth
Amos 8:4-7Luke 16:1-13 How many of you found this morning’s gospel confusing? You’re in good company – so do most New Testament scholars. I was trying to tell Jill about it and my first attempt was something like, “There was a manager or steward who was embezzling and when his employer asked for an audit he embezzled some more and his employer congratulated him.” It makes little sense as part of Jesus’ teachings. At the 8am service, Ed Valentine remarked…
WE ARE THE 99
Homer Simpson says “Beer, the cause and solution to all our problems.” I’d like to modify that to say humankind may be the cause of many of our problems, and we are also the solution.
Heartbreak
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 1 Isaac the Syrian Luke 14:25-33 Welcome to the first Sunday in the Season of Creation which we celebrate during September. This is a bitter-sweet time because we get to thank and praise God for the never-ending wonders of God’s creation at the same time that we grieve humanity’s failure to adequately care for it. It is the same drama of God’s faithfulness, our failure and the call to repentance and newness of life that we see…