Today is September 29. Orange Shirt Day is September 30 so it is no surprise that the Presbyterian Church in Canada names this Sunday Truth and Reconciliation Sunday. I don’t often divert from the Revised Common Lectionary, by which I mean I virtually never divert from the Lectionary. The Holy Spirit in her graciousness has…
I don’t mind using the same picture two Sundays in a row, so I used this one again. As I mentioned at the beginning of today’s sermon, September in Lectionary Year B is almost wisdom month. There is nothing wrong with spending some time with the idea and reality of wisdom. I think the primary…
I quite like the picture for wisdom but I couldn’t find anything I liked for self-control so the second part of the sermon title doesn’t get a picture. Wisdom and self-control seem to go together but they sort of don’t too. This confusion, possibly only for me, makes this a tricky week to preach out…