It has been said that the parable we have heard today is probably both the shortest and easiest parable of all the Gospel, so short and easy that we should be able to know it by heart: A man had two sons; he went to the first one and said, “Son, go and work in…
Month: September 2026
Proper 20(A) – Too political! (Exodus 16: 2-15; Matthew 20:1-16)
“If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into the wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” We talked last week about the stories that repeat themselves throughout the…
Proper 19(A) – The Director’s cut (Exodus 14: 19-31)
About ten years ago, Xavier and I had a couple of friends from Seminary who moved out to Pasadena to start working in a new church. A few months after that, we decided to visit them and take the opportunity to see Los Angeles for the first time. And one of the things we planned…
Proper 18(A) – Courage in the midst of conflicts (Matthew 18: 15-20)
One of the things Bishop Sarah does is to send by email to all those who have signed up a weekly reflection, it’s generally based on the lectionary and it’s usually a very short message, where she invites her readers to consider something for themselves about the Sunday Scriptures. And I really enjoyed what she…