Sermons from July 2022

8 Pentecost, Proper 13 – July 31, 2022 Luke 12:13-21          As is often the case the case with Jesus’ parables, there is more here than meets the eye.  At first read, we could look at this and say, why is the rich man a fool? Isn’t it wise and responsible to save for the future? The rich farmer would probably be a good financial advisor. He seems to have things figured out. He has worked hard and saved wisely.…

7 Pentecost, Proper 12 – July 24, 2022 Luke 11:1-13           Our passage from Luke’s gospel today begins with Jesus “praying in a certain place.” When he has finished praying, one of his disciples asks, “Lord, teach us to pray…” . In response, Jesus offers a three-part teaching, including a model prayer, a parable about prayer, and some sayings about prayer. But isn’t it interesting that one of Jesus’ disciples asks about how to pray? The disciples weren’t ignorant or…

5 Pentecost, Proper 10 – July 10, 2022 Luke 10:25-37           The story of the Good Samaritan is one of the most well-known of Jesus’ parables. This can make it difficult to really hear what Jesus might be trying to tell us, today. So, let’s try our best to re-imagine this story in different ways this year. I was reminded that by the time Jesus told this story, the hostility between the Jews and the Samaritans was ancient, entrenched, and…

4 Pentecost, Proper 9 – July 3, 2022 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20           Jan Richardson tells the story of a church trip to the Anchorage Museum of History and Art in Alaska. It held an exhibit entitled A World of Maps. These maps were unlike any she had ever seen. Artists from across the United States had taken the familiar forms of cartography, stretching and pushing and translating them into a fascinating library of landscapes. There were altered maps, painted maps,…