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2019/08/04 By Barry Leave a Comment

How much is enough?

How much is enough? If you are an exasperated parent, “enough” is usually enough. If you are a hoarder, there is never enough Our texts for this Sunday give us a couple of perspectives on possessions; one pessimistic and one optimistic. The interesting thing about these two perspectives is they are both wrong. As anyone […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: Ecclesiastes, enough, parable, possession, possessions, preaching, Rich Fool, stuff

2017/09/24 By Barry 1 Comment

It is grace, no matter what you might want

One of the hallmarks of Jesus’ parables is they potential they hold to shock us into thinking of things in a new way. Some of his parables do this better than others and the parable we looked at today is one of the best. There is something about this parable that is virtually guaranteed to […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: fair, fairness, grace, injustice, Jesus, justice, landowner, Matthew, parable, preaching, vineyard

2017/07/16 By Barry Leave a Comment

Sort of farming

This Sunday we had another opportunity to revisit a familiar story to see if there is anything there for us to find. I have spoken frequently about how helpful it can be to revisit what we already know, what what we “know” but what we actually have knowledge of. Needless to say it is helpful […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Year A Tagged With: Jesus, parable, plant, planting, preaching, predestination, sow, sower, sowing

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