Tag: Proper 23B
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Stuff – A Sermon On Mark 10:17-31
Many years ago a good friend of mine showed me a book he’d recently been given. The abbott of a monastery gave it to him. My friend said, “It came from the abbott’s personal library. It’s very rare and valuable. Can you believe he could be that free with his book and just give it Read more
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What’s Your One Thing? – A Sermon On Mark 10:17-31
“Do you want to be something or do you want to do something?” That’s the question a friend of mine was asked by his spiritual director many years ago. I wonder what that question brings up for you in your life today. How would you answer it? What matters more to you – being something Read more
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A New Day, A New Life – A Sermon On Mark 10:17-31
Proper 23B – Mark 10:17-31 “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” I wonder what drove the man to Jesus. I wonder what was going on in his life that caused him to run to Jesus, kneel down, and ask his question. What’s the desperation behind his question? What’s his desire? We Read more
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Don’t Confuse Wealth with Life
The collect and readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 23B, may be found here. The following sermon is based on Mark 10:17-31. The man in today’s gospel has plenty of stuff but something is missing. His life is full but he is empty. Despite his acquisitions and accumulations he is searching for more. Read more
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For God All Things Are Possible
Then Job answered: 2“Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning. 3Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling! 4I would lay my case before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5I would learn what he would answer me, and Read more
Interrupting the Silence 