Category: Sermons

Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.

  • Parking Lot Conversations

    Parking Lot Conversations

    In a reflection for Proper 19C, we look at what precipitates the parables of The Lost; and what it means for us.

  • Hate Life?

    Hate Life?

    Getting at what Jesus means can be difficult when we’re distracted by what he says. Yes, he is still about the love.

  • Division and Possessions

    Division and Possessions

    Jesus’s keeps urging us to see our relationships (to the world, each other, and our stuff) entirely differently.

  • On the Inside

    On the Inside

    For a second time, Jesus shames elites at a dinner party. Here’s what he’s trying to teach us about power and shame.

  • The Fanciest One There

    The Fanciest One There

    Jesus tells some fancy people at a fancy party — have you thought about inviting people who *aren’t* fancy?

  • Less Work

    Less Work

    Jesus doesn’t simply defy Sabbath law: he compels us all to see that the true purpose of the law is that is for all.

  • Different Priorities

    Different Priorities

    In this story, Jesus sets up a confrontation. Not with people who think the opposite. But people just like him.

  • Already Divided

    Already Divided

    We really don’t like the idea of Jesus bringing division. But we like what he actually means by it even less.