Sermon for Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 28, Year C

November 13, 2022 Malachi 4:1-2a                   Psalm 98                              2 Thessalonians 3:6-13                   Luke 21:5-19           After speaking of wars, natural disasters, persecutions, and imprisonment that his followers will face, Jesus says, …

Sermon for Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 26, Year C

October 30, 2022 Isaiah 1:10-18                     Psalm 32:1-8                       2 Thessalonians 1:-4, 11-12                          Luke 19:1-10           Jesus sees Zacchaeus, and says, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your …

Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 25, Year C

October 23, 2022 Sirach 35:12-17                       Psalm 84:1-6                                 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18                      Luke 18:9-14           Our first reading today was from Ecclesiasticus.   We have been reading from this book …

Sermon for Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 24, Year C

October 16, 2022 Genesis 32:22-31                              Psalm 121                            2 Timothy 3:14-4:5                           Luke 18:1-8           In the second letter to Timothy, we read: “As for you, continue in what you have learned …

Sermon for Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 23, Year C

Sunday, October 9, 2022 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c                          Psalm 111                            2 Timothy 2:8-15                               Luke 17:11-19           Jesus heals ten lepers, but only one returns to give thanks.  Jesus asks, “Were …

Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 22, Year C

October 2, 2022 Habakkuk 11-4, 2:1-4                      Psalm 37:1-10                                    2 Timothy 1:1-14               Luke 17:5-10           I confess that when I read lessons like the one from Luke, I have trouble.  Jesus …

Sermon for Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 21, Year C

September 25, 2022 Amos 6:1am 4-7                                Psalm 146                            1 Timothy 6:6-19                               Luke 16:19-31           Ouch! Most, if not all of us gathered here can identify with the rich man more …

Sermon for Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 20, Year C

September 18, 2022 Amos 8:4-7                                          Psalm 113                            1 Timothy 2:1-7                                 Luke 16:1-13 Charges of squandering the master’s property are brought against a manager, so the master calls the manager to …

Sermon for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19, Year C

Exodus 32:7-14                                  Psalm 51:1-11                    1 Timothy 1:12-17                            Luke 15:1-10           The God of the Old Testament is often described as a jealous God, quick to rain down terror upon the …