Gospel: Luke 17:5-10 In September 2015 I delivered my very first sermon at the small parish in rural Fauquier County where I completed my two-year seminary internship. In the 10 years since, I’ve preached 476 sermons and homilies in a…
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31 The parable in today’s reading from Luke … the only of the four Gospels in which we find it … accomplishes several things. It reflects for instance some traditional Jewish views on how the life led on…
Old Testament: Amos 8:4-7 In seminary I was blessed to have classmates who came from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, church upbringings, and age groups. They also carried within them a wonderful diversity of vocational goals. Some wanted to…
Gospel: Luke 15:1-10 I’ve got two questions for you, questions with which I hope you’ll continue to wrestle in the days and weeks ahead. First, what does community look like? And second, what can community look like? What does community…
Psalm 1 Earlier this year our Sunday adult forum engaged in a multi-week series on medical and religious ethics. As part of each discussion we considered specific case studies, and those gathered tried to determine how they’d act based on…