A sermon for the 20th Sunday after PentecostLuke 17:11-19 I can’t tell you how glad I was to sit down with the lessons for today and not find myself confronted with a prophetic downer from the Hebrew scriptures, a scolding from Paul or yet another of the difficult sayings of Jesus. Instead we read of God instructing the nation of Israel, taken into captivity, to seek the welfare of their captors, which is indeed their welfare as well.  We hear Paul encouraging Timothy in his faith, calling him to be a workman with no need to be ashamed.  And now, … Continue reading The Unlikely Thank-You