Proper 20.C.22
Luke 16:1-13
The Rev. Melanie McCarley
Let’s face it, some things are really hard to get past. Take this morning’s parable, as a case in point. When confronted with this story, most folks never think about the wisdom in it, because they can’t get past the dishonesty. So, rather than seeing the dishonest steward as a person worthy of emulation, a good number of us (perhaps even the majority) just want to see him in jail.
Proper 16.C.22
Isaiah 58:9b-14
The Rev. Melanie McCarley
It is news to no one that we are in a drought. The grass is brittle and brown, flowers and vegetables are languishing on the vine, the leaves of young trees are turning brown. Watering by hose is banned in Dedham for the foreseeable future. Water levels are dropping and folks are getting anxious.
Proper 15.C.22
Hebrews 11:29-12:2
The Rev. Melanie McCarley
Mickey Mantle was among the best baseball players who ever played the game. In fact, most experts, agree that he might have been one of the two or three greatest players ever had he not spent most of his life playing fast and loose with his health.