Sermons from August 2013

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 14 Pentecost, Proper 16 – August 25, 2013 Luke13:10-17 She didn’t have a name. She was simply known as “the cripple, the bent woman”. For eighteen long years, she had been getting worse and worse, so disabled by her bad back that she couldn’t stand up straight and could hardly walk. She had become her disability. When she shuffled by, people would whisper, “Look! There goes the bent woman!” She was labeled. She no longer…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 13 Pentecost, Proper 15 – August 18, 2013 Luke 12:49-56 “You think I have come to bring peace to the world” Jesus says. “I have not come to bring peace, but division. Because of me, households will be divided. Son’s will argue with their fathers. Daughters will disagree with their mothers. Good friends will be at odds with one another. And all because of me.” That message bothers many of us. It bothers me! It…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 12 Pentecost, Proper 14 – August 11, 2013 Luke 12:32-40 Last Sunday we talked about what it means to be ‘rich toward God’ and I ended my homily with the beginning of today’s gospel lesson: “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Did you catch that? God doesn’t just want to give us some things. God doesn’t just hope we do alright. God isn’t…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 11 Pentecost, Proper 13 – August 4, 2013 Luke 12:13-21 So, in the gospel I just read, why is the rich farmer called a fool? One could easily argue that the rich man is a wise and responsible person. He has a thriving farming business. His land has produced so abundantly that he does not have enough storage space in his barns. So he plans to pull down his barns and build bigger ones to…