“Don’t Other. Smother.” (C48: Proper 25)
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...
“The Kingdom of the Upside-Down” (C44: Proper 21)
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 and Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16; Amos 6:1a, 4-7 and Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 Tubbs takes on the story of the rich man and Lazarus from Luke 16. “If we take...
“Disruptive Grace” (C41: Proper 18)
Jeremiah 18:1-11 and Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; Deuteronomy 30:15-20 and Psalm 1; Philemon 1:1-21; Luke 14:25-33 Cook uses the book of Philemon to discuss what he calls “disruptive grace.” Says Cook: “Grace can be so disruptive,...
“No Generic People” (C28: Day of Pentecost)
Acts 2:1-21 or Genesis 11:1-9; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Romans 8:14-17 or Acts 2:1-21; John 14:8-17, (25-27) In this Pentecost sermon, Barreto begins by peeling back a lie embedded in the Christian teaching he received: that...