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7 Pentecost A – July 31, 2011
I have a pattern for sermon writing. It begins ten days before the Sunday I will preach the sermon when I gather with my text study group. This group of pastors, both Lutheran and Methodist, get together to study the texts for the Sunday that is ten days away.
5 Pentecost A – July 17, 2011
When we meet Jacob today, he is wandering aimlessly. He’s tired, he’s emotionally and physically spent. Let’s remember some of the story up until now. Jacob and Esau were twin brothers; from birth they struggled with one another.
4 Pentecost A – July 10, 2011
The reading from Genesis today is the story of two brothers and their parents. This snapshot we have from today’s reading almost plays out like a television show. Others have described reading it as feeling like “walking into a county courthouse…