Program Very good discussion this Sunday, but, as always, there were things I was hoping to get to that we could not. We were looking at Luke’s Sermon on the Plain. He makes sharp divisions between good and evil and is very clear that the best result, the ultimate end, is the reversal of fortune for those at the top …
Blessed Are the Poor. Woe to the Rich. Uh-oh.
There is a Monty Python sketch about a Robin Hood-type character named Dennis Moore. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor until the rich have become poor and the poor rich. This is the paradox of reversal: when the first become last and the last first, we end up with the same class hierarchy. Nothing has really …
Bread for the World Sunday (Program and Homily)
Program Homily If it’s alright with you, I’m going to preach a little today. There’s a lot on the program today, so I just wanted to share some things I have on my mind, things that came up while working on this service. I’d also like, instead of having the immediate feedback of a conversation, to have folks go home …
Empty Bellies, Open Hearts
This Sunday, we celebrate Bread for the World Sunday. According to their website, “Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad.” They lobby politicians to do the right thing, to live into the faith that the overwhelming majority claim as their own. To do so, they leverage …