Sermons that Work

"Peace," by Pat Redding Scanlon, 2009 (quilt)

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September 19, 2010 – Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 20By the Rev. Kay SylvesterClearly, the startling image of the dishonest manager as the "hero" of Jesus’ story will help us to remember it. But if it’s not literal, what are we supposed to make of it? ...

September 12, 2010 – Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 19By the Rev. Ben E. HelmerThroughout Pentecost we have been hearing readings that tell us about the nature of God. Today’s readings follow that theme with an in-depth look at God’s merciful nature. ...

September 5, 2010 – Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 18By the Rev. David SomervilleToday’s gospel reading is tough, but a tough gospel lesson is the only kind that can really do what it is supposed to do – proclaim the release of captives from a particularly formidable prison, the prison of a destructive family system. ...

August 29, 2010 – Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 17By the Rev. Dr. Frank HegedusWeddings just seem somehow to bring out the best – and sometimes the worst – in people. Clergy know that. Indeed, we all know it. And apparently, so does Jesus if our gospel account today is any indication. ...

August 22, 2010 – Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 16By the Rev. Lawrence WomackIt is clear how easily many in Jesus’ time might become overzealous in their observance of the Sabbath, but today, we see evidence of Jesus leading the people of his time, and ours also, to lay claim to and stand firmly on those things that cannot be shaken, of which our Hebrews reading spoke. ...