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Amos 8:1-12

Proper 11C

The Old Testament is downright chock-full of God’s overweening concern for that traditional triplet of the widows, the orphans, and the resident aliens within Israel.  Each group was vulnerable in the ancient Near East. By tradition, Israel was a male-dominated society.  Family and inheritance were key factors in a person’s having a stable place in…

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Amos 7:7-17

Proper 10C

It just doesn’t pay to tell a prophet to shut up.  Things tend to get worse.  Or at least that is so with a true prophet of God.  Hucksters, fakes, charlatans can be intimidated.  They will flee when threatened.  They will say nicer things for a price. But not so the true prophets of God…

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Four Pages: Us

For many years across the mid-twentieth century cartoonist Walt Kelly provided humor, satire, political wit, and social commentary through his popular cartoon strip called “Pogo.”  Pogo Possum led a cast of animal characters who lived in the Okefenokee Swamp somewhere in the southern United States.  But of all the thousands of strips Mr. Kelly produced…

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Amos 8:1-12

Proper 11C

A delightfully humorous Lutheran pastor in Arizona has trained his congregation how to respond to his annual stewardship sermon.  When he announces that sermon, they say in loud unison what all congregants think when they hear that it is stewardship Sunday.  “Oh no!”  That will undoubtedly be your congregation’s response when you tell them that…

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Amos 7:7-17

Proper 10C

Your average preacher will not choose this testy passage from Amos to preach on today.  Amos is not a book to read if you are in need of easy encouragement.  I cannot imagine the perpetually smiling Joel Osteen preaching on this text.  Maybe you cannot imagine yourself doing that either.  I mean, what can this…

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Symposium 2019: The Savior of Justice for the Needy

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Amos 8:1-12

Proper 11C

“Judgment” is one of those chilling words that may send shivers racing up and down our spines. Yet there are times when judgment is also a gracious gift from God. The word of judgment God wants to say through his prophet Amos, however, is as dark as an unlit cave at midnight. So it may…

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Amos 7:7-17

Proper 10C

Amos is tough and blunt. He says things no one wishes to hear today any more than they did almost 3,000 years ago. He’s enough to make even the boldest 21st century preachers and teachers shy away from both his message and him. In the text the Lectionary appoints for this particular Sunday, God shows…

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