“Covenant Remix: Adventures in Missing the Point” (C39: Proper 16)
Jeremiah 1:4-10 and Psalm 71:1-6; Isaiah 58:9b-14 and Psalm 103:1-8; Hebrews 12:18-29; Luke 13:10-17 Wyatt recalls a trip to Israel where dusty ruins and lush wetlands stood side by side. She uses that experience of...
C39: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
In today’s passage from Luke 13:10-17, a ‘bent over’ woman, crippled for eighteen years, shows up at the synagogue. She doesn’t seek out Jesus, but Jesus sees her. He puts his sermon on hold, lays...
C39: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
Otis Moss, III, the Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, a civil rights advocate, activist, and author who was recently recognized as one of the “12 Most Effective Preachers in...
C39: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
“On the surface it sounds like a typical healing story from the gospels. Jesus is in a public place on the Sabbath day. Someone comes to him with a need. Jesus sees the need, feels...