Sermons from September 2016
Dip Your Finger in the Water and Cool My Tongue
19 Pentecost, Proper 21 – September 25, 2016 Luke 16:19-31 Our gospel story for today, one of Jesus’ parables, with its vivid journey to the afterlife, and its exaggerated imagery of contrast, fits the form of an apocalypse. An apocalypse serves as a wake-up call, pulling back a curtain to open our eyes to something we urgently need to see before it is too late. “There were these two guys,” Jesus said. One of them was very wealthy. He dressed…