Jesus’ Dinner Table

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 25:6-7 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 When you throw a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends or your relatives or your rich neighbors, just in case they might invite you in return and you can be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the …

The Cover Band of Christ

  There are few cover songs that I like. When a musical artist plays their own rendition of another artist’s song, I often find that the result is flat. To me it often sounds like an artist is doing their best impression of the artist they are covering and they inevitably fall short every time. …

Wayfaring Stranger

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 15:1-6 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40   Martin Luther King Jr. knew that the faithful may not see God’s Kingdom or promised land fully and in this life. In his last speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” he said this: Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. …