Aug 26, 2020
In this sermon we talked about the power of a story to break through in a way that basic information cannot. Parables, stories help us visualize and even change us. We tried to show the extravagant, patient, all-consuming, mysterious grace and love and justice of God in action by pairing them up with stories from...
Aug 19, 2020
In this sermon we talked about the connection between wisdom and Sabbath. Wisdom means to receive instruction in order to gain prudence and discretion in all things relating to righteousness, justice, and equity (Proverbs 1). Sabbath is about joy and justice. Sabbath begins with gratitude and delight in God’s goodness...
Aug 12, 2020
In this sermon we talked about Matthew’s use of the wisdom tradition in order to say something about who Jesus is and what it means to be his people. Taking our cues from this image of being yoked to Jesus, we considered the good news that Jesus is like Lady Wisdom from the book of Proverbs calling out to us in the...
Aug 7, 2020
In this sermon we talked about the question of authority. We raised the question with the help of a wonderful scene from O Brother Where Art Thou, which connects nicely to the gospel reading about the problem of authority. Jesus’ authority is first shown as teacher (chapter 5-7) and now healer. We talked about how...