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2020/09/20 By Barry Leave a Comment

An annoying story

I know, I know . . . I even say it in the sermon, we really aren’t “allowed” to be annoyed or irritated by stories in the Bible. But c’mon, the story about the landowner with the vineyard and his HR practices can be really annoying. There is something in Jesus’ story in Matthew 20 […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: annoyance, fair, fairness, gifts, grace, irritation, justice, landowner, parable, preaching, vineyard, work

2020/07/09 By Barry Leave a Comment

Stress Leave 4 – What a mixture

I was reflecting this morning (July 8) on how life is so often a mixture of good and bad, what we want and what we would never choose. July 8 is one of those days where this idea is very much at the forefront of my mind, perhaps especially this year. July 8, 1990 was the […]

Filed Under: Other thoughts Tagged With: grandkids, insurance companies, kids, leave, rest, stress, work

2019/11/17 By Barry Leave a Comment

Two different sermons

In case you think this post’s title “Two different sermons” is some cutesy thing it isn’t. The Liturgical Sunday for today is the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost but St. Mark’s is having a “Hanging of the Greens” service next Sunday so . . . The Knox Presbyterian Sunday is Pentecost 23 and the St. Mark’s […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Luke, preaching, Reign of Christ, two sermons, work

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