Tag: forgiveness

  • September 10, 2020
    Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost     Genesis 50:15-21 Psalm 103:1-13 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35   My church and my country…

  • September 10, 2020
    Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost     Genesis 50:15-21 Psalm 103:1-13 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35   My church and my country…

  • September 12, 2017
    Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 18:21-35 Preachers tend to tell big forgiveness stories about people who wrestle with the devastating…

  • October 19, 2016
    Almost thirty years ago, I saw a movie that has stayed with me ever since. The Mission, directed in 1986…

  • January 7, 2015
    Baptism of the Lord Genesis 1:1-5 OR Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 Acts 19:1-7 OR Acts 10:34-38 Mark 1:4-11 Mark’s characteristically spare…

  • September 10, 2014
    Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 18:21-35 American culture has bastardized forgiveness into a self-serving tool. For proof, look no further…

  • February 15, 2014
    Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Psalm 119:1-8 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Matthew 5:21 – 37 “Christians aren’t perfect…

  • October 25, 2013
      Proper 25: Year C Joel 2:23-32; Psalm 65; Luke 18:9-14; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 I knew what I was…

  • June 12, 2013
    Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10, 13-15 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3 I live in…

  • March 6, 2013
    Fourth Sunday of Lent Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 With regard to last week’s readings,…