Tag: Proper 8A

  • Welcomed or Welcomer (Proper 8A)

    Welcomed or Welcomer (Proper 8A)

    There is a distinct challenge in this week’s gospel. But it is based more on where we see ourselves in it. As welcomed or welcomer.

  • There is more here than welcome

    There is more here than welcome

    As we read about Jesus teaching about welcome, we might think it starts here, with this, and not from our being unwelcome.

  • Between Proper 7 + 8 (Year A)

    Between Proper 7 + 8 (Year A)

    In the space between last week and this week, we might lose contact with the context. Apostleship and division.

  • To Not Be Righteous

    To Not Be Righteous

    As followers of Jesus, we are called into discipleship. But that doesn’t mean being more righteous than our neighbors but merely generous. Proper 8A  |  Matthew 10:40-42 This short gospel reading doesn’t seem like much. But if you’ve been following along the last few weeks, then you know it is anything but simple. Not even…

  • Welcoming is Loving

    Why the word you want is proclaim, not communicate a Homily for Proper 8 A Text: Matthew 10:40-42 Getting into it I struggled with this text a lot. Way more than any text in months. You wouldn’t guess that three little verses would be so hard. And you certainly wouldn’t expect a lectionary text about welcoming…