Take Care(can be sung to the tune Sally Gardens, Irish traditional, used in the Iona song Inspired by Love and Anger in Heaven Shall Not Wait (Iona Community 1987) pp.124,125, also Together in Song (HarperCollinsReligious no.674) Pentecost 8; Luke 12:13-21Take care! Be on your guard, friends,against all forms of greed!Why try to claim possessionsfar moreContinue reading “Take Care”
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Make Wise the Simple
Make Wise the Simple Pentecost 19; Psalm 19, Matthew 21:33-46 The heavens and the earth proclaim God’s glory throughout time and space. Can we let silence tune our ear enough that we might dimly hear the cosmos praise God’s work and name in awe and wonder at God’s grace? The word of God revives theContinue reading “Make Wise the Simple”
Dishonest Managers
Dishonest Managers Pentecost 15; Luke 16:1-13 He said, “You can’t serve God and wealth,” but greed seduces souls by stealth. There’s some that dominate by maleness, claim entitlement through paleness. Slanderers are seeking votes, and politicians turn their coats. Some bribe, or tout for media fame, or trade on their ancestral name. There’s those whoContinue reading “Dishonest Managers”