In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit             There are weekends when the lectionary readings make me wish I could pick a nice text to preach that would not offend anyone, even me. This weekend is one of those occasions. Since our blessed Lord talks about money, let […]

[This is a sermon I preached several years ago for Trinity 09.  It’s a rather tricky text.  I hope this is of benefit to you. -TAP] TITLE: “One Thing’s Needful” Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen.  Our text for today is the Gospel lesson just read, […]

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit             A while back, I was introduced to a term in the business world I had never heard before. The term is “walked out”. When someone is fired from their job, they are taken directly to Human Resources, where […]

1879, 1891, and 1905.

Lots of help on this one from different places. I took a different tack with this text courtesy of Robert Farar Capon. It’s a way of preaching this text, one of many angles. I tried to weave in a more traditional way to look at this parable as well. I leave it to the Holy […]