Sermons from September 2025
A Great Chasm
The authorship of our scripture passages this Sunday span nearly a millennia. Even today, two thousand years after the gospel’s writing, we still see clear evidence of humans hoarding wealth. What are we to do with these reminders to notice and address inequality and injustice? Join us this today as we wrestle with both Amos and Luke.
Children of the Light
Today we will wrestle with one of Jesus’ most challenging parables, the parable of the dishonest steward. Jesus’ parables were designed to shock and surprise listeners into engagement and this parable is a perfect example. What do we do with these verses that seem to recommend a conniving and dishonest way of being in the world? How might we tease out the gist of Jesus’ advice for the “children of the light” as he points them…us…to learning a thing or two from the “children of this age?”
Search Party
Have you ever lost something and invested an over-the-top amount of time and energy to find it? If yes, you have a small glimpse into the heart of our searching God who is unrelenting when it comes to finding the lost. Who was Jesus talking about in these parables? Are we the ones who are lost, or the ones who seek, or are we the community that is called to rejoice when the lost are found? Or maybe a little bit of all three?
Seating Arrangements
In this week’s lectionary reading, Jesus helps us to see how opting into kin-dom living doesn’t necessarily happen in extraordinary moments in our lives. In fact it often happens in the most ordinary moments, including how we gather around tables. Today we get a glimpse into how that might have unfolded through the eyes of Sophia, a servant in the house of a prominent pharisee where Jesus was invited to dine.