“What’s Love Got to Do With It?” (A41: Proper 18)
Ezekiel 33:7-11; Psalm 119:33-40; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:15-20 Wingfield uses Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It” to frame a critique of Christians who neglect Jesus’ command to love their neighbors. Drawing on...
“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...
Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9 Rev. Barlow-Williams engages the story of Jesus healing a stranger — on the Sabbath — at the pool of Bethesda. “Do you want...
As Rev. Kleinert unpacks the story commonly referred to as the “Prodigal Son,” he suggests that the father wants the story to end with “a feast which fairness cannot host but which love never tires...
“Jesus Clothes” (C13: Seventh Sunday after Epiphany)
Rev. Alexander explores the Jesus’ words in the Gospel of Luke. She declares that Jesus’ “grace is far more powerful” than the ways of the world. She concludes, “Shame has no place in the kingdom...