Compelled to Participate
October 18, 2026
21st Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 24 Year A
Matthew 22:15-22
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Source:
1) Marvin A. McMickle, “Matthew 22:15–22: Homiletical Perspective,” Feasting on the Word: Year A, Volume 4: Season after Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ) (Feasting on the Word: Year A volume), edited by David L. Bartlett and Barbara
Brown Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2011. Kindle edition, 476-479.
2) Rachel Cronberger and Kylie Crabb, “Episode A-248,” By the Well Podcast, October 11, 2023, accessed October 16, 2026: A 248 Pentecost 21
Being Yoked to Jesus
July 5, 2026
6th Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 9 Year A
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
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Sources: (1) Podcast “By the Well” Episode 234. Accessed 07/02/2026. (2) “250” Robert C. Wright. Accessed 07/03/2026. (3) “The Fiddle and the Drum” Joni Mitchell
The Mark of a 40-day Journey
February 19, 2026
Ash Wednesday
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Right Relationships
October 26, 2025
20th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 25 – Year C
Luke 18:9-14
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Amy-Jill Levine, “The Pharisee and the Tax Collector,” Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic
Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, Harper One (New York: 2014), 189-194, 210.
