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“Don’t Other. Smother.” (C48: Proper 25)

October 26, 2025

Joel 2:23-32 and Psalm 65; Sirach 35:12-17 or Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 and Psalm 84:1-7; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14 Whitaker uses her Aunt Joy, who is a “smotherer,” to call listeners to love and...