Tag: widow

  • The Widow’s Might

    The Widow’s Might

    In the example of Christian saints, we have people who lived remarkable lives who point to our own capacity to live the same way.

  • The Widow and Unjust Judge (Proper 24C)

    The Widow and Unjust Judge (Proper 24C)

    Jesus tells a parable about persistence in the midst of fear and oppression. A story, not only of angst, but of hope.

  • GOD and Power

    GOD and Power

    In his interaction with the widow, the encounter’s parallel with Elijah, and his commissioning of apostles, we see that GOD is doing something big in Jesus — and with us.

  • Building for Mission

    a homily for Proper 28C Text: Luke 21:5-19 Encountering Jesus’s Mission Jesus ends the teaching at the Temple and begins to leave with his closest followers by saying some pretty tough words. Listen: In the hearing of all the people he said to the disciples, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in…

  • Of Faith and Justice

    a homily for Proper 24C Text: Luke 18:1-8 This parable contains two characters: a widow and a judge. We aren’t given the circumstances that bring this woman before a judge, but we are given enough clues. Or really, the only two clues that are necessary: that she is a widow and that she is seeking…