Tag: Proper 25

  • Renewal amid desolation (Joel 2)

    Renewal amid desolation (Joel 2)

    A sermon for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25C): Joel 2 :23-32; Psalm 65; 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18; Luke 18:9-14. ** The Book of the Prophet Joel begins with bugs. Lots and lots of bugs.  It can honestly feel a little amusing to read about swarms of locust in scripture. It turns out there are…