Enjoy the congregational engagement picked up by this one.
Whom do you remember?
What is truth?
Luke 16:19-31
Amos 6:1a, 4-7
1 Timothy 6:6-19
Holy Cross Sunday. I don't like decorative crosses. Read James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree.
Luke 14.1, 7-14
Whoops! I forgot to hit record for the first verse or two. Luke 13:10-17.
Today's readings referenced: Gen. 15.1-6; Heb. 11.1-3, 8-16.
YA book referenced: Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King. HIGHLY recommend!!
Luke 12:13-21
Luke 11.1-13
Luke 10:25-37
Translation by Amy-Jill Levine from her text Short Stories By Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi (2014).
Luke 10:1-20
Mary was the first apostle.
Galatians 3:23-29
I ripped off my 2022 sermon.
Preacher's block. It's short.
In case it's not clear, Jesus is meaning to speak words of hope and reassurance, and affirm that we are safe and loved with him and the Holy Spirit. AND, if you are in or ever in a relationship where someone who is supposed to be loving and caring and safe, but isn't, PLEASE tell someone. Ask for help. It is NOT okay to be abused and/or threatened.
Read Acts 9:36-43
An invitation to consider your own belief, doubt, influences, and sharing.