Sermons from October 2012

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 21 Pentecost, Proper 24 – October 21, 2012 Mark 10:35-45 Donald Meichenbaum, one of American Psychologist’s ten most influential psychotherapists, tells of the time that his car was struck by lightning while he was driving. Once he was safe at home, Meichenbaum began to share his ordeal with his teenage son, expecting at least some small degree of sympathy. Instead, his son interrupted, “Dad, let’s go buy a lottery ticket. They say the chances of…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 20 Pentecost, Proper 23, October 14, 2012 Mark 10:17-31 Taking a step into the future can be a difficult task: getting ready for the first day of school, going out on a first date, leaving the corporate job to set up a business, undergoing experimental treatment for a life-threatening illness, selling all we have (giving it to the poor) and following Jesus. That last example was the step into the future that Jesus recommended for…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 19 Pentecost, Proper 22, October 7, 2012 Mark 10:2-16 This is an uncomfortable gospel passage this morning, one that brings up divorce and yet also, in the same narrative, talks about the little children coming to Jesus. I thought about skipping the gospel and focusing on one of the other readings. I thought about just focusing on the little children coming to Jesus. That’s when I realized, I needed to spend time on thwies entire…