July 23: The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

I’d like to start by acknowledgingthat we’ve deviated from the lectionary textfor today’s gospel reading.Many thanks to Archbishop Skeltonfor giving us permission to do thatas we launch the New Wineskins Capital Campaign.You may have noticed the thermometers in the narthexas you walked in! About six weeks agowe heard the passagessurrounding these four versesthat we hear

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July 16: The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

-Parables — meant to tease. Lots of possible interpretations-Chapter full of them. What part doesn’t make sense?-Jesus provides an interpretation but may not be the only interpretation-Usual use of interpretation focuses on us. What kind of soil am I?-But that makes sense and is easily explained-Read parable again-What doesn’t make sense? Gardeners and farmers, what’s

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