If You Can’t Stand the Heat…
September 7, 2025
13th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18 – Year C
Luke 14:25-33
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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 15, 2023
1 Emilie Townes, “Luke 14: 25-33, Theological Perspective”, editors David L. Bartlett and
Barbara Brown Taylor, Feasting on the Word— Year C, Volume 4: Season after Pentecost 2
(Propers 17-Reign of Christ) (Feasting on the Word: Year C). Presbyterian Publishing
Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition. Page 129 · Location 1716, Page 130 · Location 1723.
2 Catherine Meeks, The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning: Meditations for Racial
Healing. Church Publishing Incorporated, 2022. Kindle edition. Page 19 · Location 217.
3 Bernard Mokam, “Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83,” New York
Times, September 5, 2025. Accessed 09/06/2025:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/joseph-mcneil-dead.html.
All Forms of Greed Must Go
August 3, 2025
8th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 13 – Year C
Luke 12:13-21
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Save us from the Time of Trial
July 27, 2025
7th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 12 – Year C
Luke 11:1-13
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Sources:
1 Matthew L. Skinner, “Luke 11:1-13 Exegetical Perspective,” Editors: Bartlett, David L., and
Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 3: Pentecost and Season after
Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16). Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition. Page
728 · Location 9933.
2 James A. Wallace, C.SS.R., “Luke 11:1-13 Homiletic Perspective,” Editors: Bartlett, David
L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 3: Pentecost and
Season after Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16). Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2010.
Kindle edition. Page 731 · Location 9972, 9977, 9978.
3 Douglas John Hall, “Luke 11:1-13 Theological Perspective,” Editors: Bartlett, David L., and
Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 3: Pentecost and Season after
Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16). Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition. Page
722 · Location 9855.
Care. Connection. Courage.
July 13, 2025
5th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 10 – Year C
Luke 10:25-37
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Sources:
Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Witherington III, “The Lawyers Questions and Answers,” The Gospel of Luke, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge: 2018), 287, 291-292.
Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Witherington III, “A Closer Look: Samaritans,” The Gospel of Luke, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge: 2018), 287.
Melodie Woerman, “Episcopalians invited to share stories of care, connection and courage to social media,” Episcopal News Service, July 7, 2025, Accessed 07/12/2025: https://episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/07/07/episcoplians-invited-to-share-stories-of-care-connection-and-courage-to-social-media/
