“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...
“Praying Like the Powerless” (C47: Proper 24)
Jeremiah 31:27-34 and Psalm 119:97-104; Genesis 32:22-31 and Psalm 121; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8 García uses the story of the “persistent widow” in Luke 18 to talk about “refusing to quit when the world...
“One Came Back” (C46: Proper 23)
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 and Psalm 66:1-12; 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Psalm 111; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 Randall recounts the story of the 10 men with leprosy healed by a compassionate Jesus in a...
“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...
“Dirty Money” (C43: Proper 20)
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 and Psalm 79:1-9; Amos 8:4-7 and Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 Vargas begins his sermon with a profile of James W. Fifield, Jr.–the so-called “Apostle of Millionaires”–who became a sort of...