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1 Timothy 1:12-17
Proper 19C
At first glance, 1 Timothy 1:17 may seem like a strange place to put such a stirring doxology. After all, while we profess the Spirit inspired its placement, it’s only a relative handful of verses into Paul’s letter to his “true son in the faith” (1). While there are, of course, exceptions, we generally find…
Luke 15:1-10
Proper 19C
These two parables—even without the more often read story that follows them—have a bit of a bite to them all on their own. More likely than not, we come to them with hearts and minds more like the Pharisees and scribes than we do like the tax collectors and sinners. Many of us sitting in…
Luke 14.25-33 2025
Proper 18C
We’re continuing on the road with Jesus this summer and a large crowd has joined us. As though to weed out a few folks, Jesus decides to remind them what following along with him truly means. What seems like disparate instructions and examples are actually tied together by one central purpose: look out for the…
Philemon 1:1-21 2025
Proper 18C
Jesus’ friends sometimes define ourselves by our relationships to other people. We naturally think of ourselves primarily as parents, children, spouses, friends, employers, employees or students. But this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson at least tacitly invites preachers to help our hearers to consider other relationships by which we ought to define ourselves. The Paul who writes…
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 2025
Proper 17C
Few English labels have traditionally carried more of a negative wallop than that of “do-gooder.” We tend to be critical of people we call “do-gooders,” perhaps largely because we assume they do good out of selfish motives. Yet Hebrews’ narrator ends this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson with a summons to “not forget [epilanthanesthe*] to do good…
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