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…

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…

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…

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