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2022/10/23

Which one am I?

I don’t like binaries and the sermon title for this Sunday is deliberately chosen to highlight binaries . . . so I can redefine these two as ends of a continuum. The primary text for the sermon is Luke 18:9-14, a passage frequently called the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. It is […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / continuum, Jesus, parable, pharisee, preaching, tax collector Leave a Comment

2022/07/10

Familiar but still worth looking at

There are many stories in the Bible that church-going folks know well. There are a few that everyone either knows or has heard something about. The story of the Good Samaritan is one of those stories. By the way, the “everyone” in the statement above really means, “those in a Western or Western-influenced context.” The […]

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2020/09/27

Sons, vineyards, and Presbyterians Sharing

This Sunday is Presbyterians Sharing Sunday and it is a Sunday set aside to remember we are part of something larger than our individual Presbyterian congregations. If you are reading this and are not a Presbyterian but a member/adherent/attender in another denomination I am sure everything will be perfectly familiar to you, if under a […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / giving, ministry, parable, preaching, Presbyterians Sharing, sons, vineyard Leave a Comment

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