Luke 17:11-19 One’s attention is naturally drawn to the Samaritan in the story before us now. At first the ten are all of a group: All stricken by the same deadly disease. All drawn together by a fate that erased the differences which had separated them before this awful diagnosis. All desperate enough to call …
Tag: Pentecost 18C
What Are We to Make of the Dishonest Manager?
Luke 16:1-13 It is a difficult parable before us now. If you’ve read it, of course you already know that. Indeed, as I kept returning to Jesus’ words over these last several days, I have found myself thinking perhaps this is a sermon illustration gone awry. Preachers, you know what I mean. I can’t count the …