Pentecost XIX October 20, 2019 Jeremiah 31 :27-34 II Timothy 3 :14- 4 :5 Luke 18 :1-8 Nobody likes a complainer, and very few people like having to complain. But I’m sure I’m correct in thinking that everyone here has been in a situation of having to complain about incompetent service: (banks, phone companies, insurance firms to name but…
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost October 13, 2019 Jeremiah 29:1, 4 –7 II Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19 In 597 BC, a calamity befell the southern Jewish state of Judah. About one hundred and thirty years before, the Assyrians conquered the northern state of Israel and dispersed its people forever. In 597 BC, the Babylonian king besieged…
Oktoberfest 2019 October 6, 2019 Lamentations1:1-6 II Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 There’s something oddly appropriate about a mustard seed appearing in the Gospel on the day when we celebrate Oktoberfest. What would German cuisine be without its Senf? The mustard plant belongs to the same family of everyday vegetables as cabbage, broccoli and swede. In…