by stbarts | Nov 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
by stbarts | Nov 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Proper 29: The Reign of Christ Matthew 25:31-46 ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’ It’s a strange image: a shepherd separating sheep from goats. Or is it this Son of Man separating...
by stbarts | Nov 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 Exactly two weeks ago today a lone man walked into a small church in Texas and opened fire on the 52 persons gathered for worship. This is not a sermon on either the positive nor negative aspect of owning a gun but rather about...
by stbarts | Nov 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
The parables we have uncovered these weeks of the later season of Pentecost are ones that invite us into being servants, but servants who lead others. We cannot be that servant, that leader, if we are like the Pharisees of Jesus’ focus. Teachers who are hypocrites who...
by stbarts | Oct 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Matthew 22:15-22 If we all were to take out a coin, looking on each side, we notice an image and words. Constant reminders of who we honor, of what we hold dear as citizens of this country. On the coin Jesus asks to see is the image of Caeser Augustas ruler, autocrat,...
by stbarts | Oct 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
The gospel of Matthew for this day is the parable of the landowner, leasing his vineyard to tenants who then deal treacherously with both slaves and son who come to collect the produce at the end of the growing season. Jesus points the finger at the scribes and...
