Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 10 (15) 16 July 2023 Sermon: Seeds, Sowers, and Success Scripture: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Theme: We are the seed sowers! That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat […]
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 9 (14) 9 July 2023 Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30 Theme: His yoke is easy. Synopsis: The image of a yoke brings to my mind a team of oxen, and a yoke does require relationship and cooperation, even if there’s just one ox and the farmer. We are first yoked to […]
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 8 (13) – 2 July 2023 Scripture: Luke 5:1-11 Synopsis: Here we are on our lake shore. Like Simon, Jesus calls us as we are, and also calls us to something new. Let’s get in the boat together, and head out to deep water with Jesus, sometimes away from our […]
Scripture: – Matthew 14: 22-31a (The Message) …the boat was far out to sea when the wind came up against them and they were battered by the waves. At about four o’clock in the morning, Jesus came toward them walking on the water. They were scared to death. “A ghost!” they said, crying out in […]
Scripture: John 12: 20-26 (The Message) “Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life […]