Tag: Rich Man
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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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Lazarus Is Knocking – A Sermon On Luke 16:19-31
Exclusive communities, membership dues, railroad tracks, border walls, the other side of town; it seems there is always a gate between the rich and the poor. And so it is in today’s gospel (Luke 16:19-31). On one side of the gate a rich man lives in splendor. He’s well dressed in expensive clothes. He sits 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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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
Interrupting the Silence 