Tag: Luke 16
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Interpreting Luke 16 with The Muppet Christmas Carol
A sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (Proper 21: Jeremiah 32:1-3a; 6-15, Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31) ** Of all the genius bits of casting in The Muppet Christmas Carol, my favorite comes in the very first scene. “The Marleys were dead to begin with,” says Gonzo as Charles Dickens, though…
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Pilgrim Virtues
Proper 20, Year C (Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13) Image source: Ahron de Leeuw via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) PDF | Audio (soon, or via Dropbox) | Text: Let me start by saying that I’m as confused by our Gospel passage today as you might be. A manager “squanders” the resources he’s been entrusted…