Sermons from October 2008

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton October 26, 2008 Read: Matthew 22:34-36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” And Jesus answers with this: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment, and the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets”. On these…

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton October 12, 2008 Read: Exodus 32:1-14 and Matthew 22:1-14 So what in the world is going on for us today? There is much anxiety on and about Wall Street, the stock market moving up and down at alarming speed. In just a few weeks, we will be participating in a national election and there is some fire in the belly regarding just who one might be voting for. There is much fear and anxiety…

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton October 5, 2008 Read: Matthew 21:33-46 Today’s parable about the landowner and the vineyard is present in all three of what are called the synoptic gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke. For me, that implies a significance to this story, that it made it in all three tellings of the story of Jesus’ life. It’s an important story, with important messages. And recall last Sunday, I suggested that we look at these stories in the…