Genesis 32:22-31 This ancient story still speaks, doesn’t it? I expect that is because we have all found ourselves exactly where Jacob finds himself today: wresting all night long. Only in my experience, the wrestling doesn’t usually end with the break of dawn. Or at least not the first break of dawn. And yet, by …
Tag: Pentecost 19C
The Rich Man and Lazarus
Luke 16:19-31 I’d rather hear Jesus’ words today as ones not especially meant for you and for me. And yes, it would be easier to say that you and I, at first glance, are neither the rich man in the story before us now nor are we Lazarus. To be sure, on the economic scale …