We often ask children, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” A three-year-old is going to give a much different answer than a fifteen-year-old. Yes, some become racecar drivers, but less teenagers want to be racecar drivers than three-year-olds. That picture of what life will be like when we grow up becomes…

What does it mean to be freed in Christ? This freedom certainly doesn’t mean that we can do whatever we want. Jesus says in our Gospel reading that if we commit sin, we are a slave to sin. To truly be disciples of Christ we are to abide in His Word. Only in truth are…

“And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart” (Luke 18:1). We are often timid in prayer. We don’t want to bother God, and perhaps we think that we can be a nuisance. However, the parable Jesus tells us gives us a picture of God’s…

“For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God” (Ruth 1:16). It would have been easy for Ruth to return to Moab where she grew up. Ruth’s husband had died, and her father-in-law had also died. There was no…

In a world with natural disasters, mass shootings, and other tragedies, where is God? It would appear Habakkuk wondered the same thing. In a world where there was violence and destruction, it felt as though the Lord was not listening or caring. Nonetheless, the Lord speaks to Habakkuk and tells him to wait for the…

In our readings today, we see stark warnings as to what happens when we are living for earthly indulgence. “Woe to those who are at ease in Zion.” It is easy for us to want to live our lives resting in the pleasures and comforts of this world. We love to be at ease. We…

Sunday, September 21st 2025 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C (Proper 20) Text: Luke 16:1–15 Link to Sermon Teaser Link to Livestream Sermon Audio As we gather… We have before us one of the most confusing parables of Jesus in the entire four Gospels. It would appear as though Jesus is commending fraud in this…

It can drive us crazy when we lose something, even if it is something relatively unimportant. We search high and low for the item until we finally find it. This Sunday, we reflect on the Fathers love for me and for you. We’re the ones who are lost, and there is greay joy when we…

On this education Sunday, we reflect upon our reading from Deuteronomy 30. The Lord is clear to the Israelites in this passage, there is the way of life and the way of death. Following His commandments leads to life and disobeying them leads to death. The way of life that God is calling us to…

In Luke’s Gospel, much of Jesus’ teaching takes place around a dinner table. In this account, we see Jesus healing a man with dropsy on the Sabbath. This shows us that God’s compassion for humanity exceeds our sinful attempts to twist rules to make ourselves look good. Jesus invites us to consider the lowest place…