The Man In the Ditch

a sermon for the 8th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10)

The lawyer asked Jesus, “who is my neighbor?”  Jesus replied with a story about a priest, a Levite, and a Samaritan man that teaches us all kinds of important lessons about how we should treat those who are in need or trouble.

But the question remains:  Who, exactly, was the man in the road, the one that Jesus says is our neighbor?

Eat What’s Set Before You

a sermon for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9)

Jesus appointed seventy missionaries to go out into the countryside to do three things: eat whatever they were served, heal the people, and proclaim that the kingdom of God was near. But there was one other thing that he wanted them to do.

Who’s In Control?

a sermon for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8)

When Jesus “set his face toward Jerusalem” he looked like he was in complete control.  But nothing could be further from the truth.