11th Sunday After Trinity 2018 08/15/2018 11th Sunday After Trinity 2018 August 12, 2018 Genesis 37:3-4, 12-35 “Jealousy and Envy” For many years Sir Walter Scott was the leading literary figure in the British Empire. No one could write as well as he. Then the works of Lord Byron began to appear, and their greatness was immediately evident. Soon an anonymous critic praised his poems in a London Paper. He declared that in the presence of these brilliant works of poetic genius, Scott could no longer be considered the leading poet
11th Sunday After Trinity 2018 August 12, 2018 Genesis 37:3-4, 12-35 “Jealousy and Envy” For many years Sir Walter Scott was the leading literary figure in the British Empire. No one could write as well as he. Then the works of Lord Byron began to appear, and their greatness was immediately evident. Soon an anonymous critic praised his poems in a London Paper. He declared that in the presence of these brilliant works of poetic genius, Scott could no longer be considered the leading poet
10th Sunday After Trinity 2018 08/04/2018 10th Sunday After Trinity 2018 August 5, 2018 Genesis 32:22-31 “Wrestling with God” Some time ago, a couple traveled to Siberia to finalize the adoption of a little Russian boy. The process had dragged on for well over a year, during which time they had filled out hundreds of pages of paperwork, made two trips to Russia, spent thousands of dollars, shed many tears, and prayed every day … until, finally, they sent a short email that began like this: “Well, it’s official! We are now
10th Sunday After Trinity 2018 August 5, 2018 Genesis 32:22-31 “Wrestling with God” Some time ago, a couple traveled to Siberia to finalize the adoption of a little Russian boy. The process had dragged on for well over a year, during which time they had filled out hundreds of pages of paperwork, made two trips to Russia, spent thousands of dollars, shed many tears, and prayed every day … until, finally, they sent a short email that began like this: “Well, it’s official! We are now
9th Sunday After Trinity 2018 07/28/2018 9th Sunday After Trinity 2018 July 29, 2018 Ezekiel 14:1-11 “Idols” What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Money, and Stomach (an unholy trinity constituting one god: the god of self), and the other enslaving trio, Pleasure, Possessions, and Position, whose worship is described as
9th Sunday After Trinity 2018 July 29, 2018 Ezekiel 14:1-11 “Idols” What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Money, and Stomach (an unholy trinity constituting one god: the god of self), and the other enslaving trio, Pleasure, Possessions, and Position, whose worship is described as
