Because we are made in the image of God, the image on the coin in today’s reading did not just resemble the Emperor, it also resembled how we are created in God’s image. To see God in our neighbor is a wonderful thing because it reminds us that as we serve others we are serving […]
Today we hear Jesus say, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” This lesson at first sounds so wonderful to our ears. We have one of our “love” readings, and it even falls on Mother’s Day. Yet while it certainly is a wonderful reading, it is not as […]
Using the lectionary for Thanksgiving, this sermon is based on two verses from Deuteronomy 8:18 and Luke 17:15 referencing the healed Samaritan leper and God people Israel who actively participate in giving thanks for what God has done. We, within the hearing of God’s word on this Thanksgiving Day, are privileged to do the same.