17th Sunday after Pentecost

17th Sunday after Pentecost

Stewards of the Vineyard

[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the gospel reading about the parable of the Lord’s vineyard. Be seated. There was an old saying: fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. The intent…

A Banquet of Love

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. In reading through the Sunday lessons bit by bit, week by week, rather than reading through the gospels from start to finish, one of the things we often miss is the flow of these narratives. The gospels were never written to be received in isolated sections—but as a…