Interrupting the Silence

Tag: Lent 4C

  • No More Write Offs – A Sermon On Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

    No More Write Offs – A Sermon On Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

    Last week I received an email from a woman who said she was unable to keep our appointment. It was the second time that had happened. I know from our first meeting a couple of months ago that she’s having a difficult time in her life. She ended her email by saying, “I hope you Read more

  • Coming Clean With Ourselves – A Sermon On Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

    Coming Clean With Ourselves – A Sermon On Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

    Several years ago I was teaching a class about today’s gospel (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32), the Parable of the Prodigal Son. As soon as class was finished a man who had been sitting in the back of the room started coming toward me. I could tell he was upset. He was probably in his mid-seventies and Read more

  • Trusting Love, A Prodigal Son Sermon: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

    The collect and readings for this past Sunday, Lent 4C, may be found here. The appointed gospel was Luke 15:1-3, 11-32. Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3So he Read more