I have frequently spoken about the value of revisiting passages of scripture we know well. This Sunday, we are revisiting one of the best-known of Jesus’ parables, usually called the Parable of the Good Samaritan. I’m hoping this sermon will help us feel in a visceral way, the impact this parable must have had on…
I’ve talked about this sort of thing before. There are some stories in the Bible where I’m not sure where I fit nor what I think about the story. The story of Jonah, especially the second half, is one of these stories and the Parable of the Landowner is another one; the Lectionary gives us…
I have mentioned many times, both here and in various sermons, how many things about God, the Bible, . . . life, I got wrong when I was younger. Most of them happened when I was very much younger but I still run into things I need to unlearn these days. This Sunday we are…