A sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year CLuke 15:1-32 This morning we have heard a very familiar story – the story of a father and his two sons. Yet as usually happens with storytelling, you may have heard something in a new way or even heard something you never noticed before. Stories are like that. Audiences are like that too. The audience to whom Jesus was speaking was no doubt like his typical audience – crowds of curious people, waiting to hear what this radical rabbi would say next. His disciples were in the crowd, along with members … Continue reading The Two Lost Sons

A Sermon for Epiphany 6CJeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 6:17-26 One of the funnier movies I have seen in the last few years was a zany one, and I’ll admit I like zany movies, called “Rat Race.” It was really a throwback to a classic movie made in the 60’s called, “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” In both films a cast chocked full of your favorite actors and actresses go on a crazy adventure full of wacky situations and characters in hopes of getting an amazing treasure at the end – a fun concept, no doubt. Indeed we see other … Continue reading Woe to You, Rats!