Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 23 (28) Luke 17:11-19 What I Am Learning On his way to Jerusalem, Jesus is approached by ten lepers who cry out for mercy. Lepers were cut off from family and community, forced to live on […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 22 (27) Luke 17:5-10 What I Am Learning The apostles say to Jesus, “Increase our faith!” Jesus replies that even faith the size of a mustard seed can uproot a mulberry tree and plant it in […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 21 (26) Luke 16:19-31 What I Am Learning Jesus tells a story about a rich man and a poor man named Lazarus. The rich man feasts every day, dressed in fine clothes, while Lazarus lies at […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 20 (25) Luke 16:1-13 What I Am Learning This week’s gospel reading is one of Jesus’ strangest parables. A manager is about to be fired for squandering his master’s property. Before he loses his position, he […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 19 (24) Luke 15:1-10 The Cultural Context Jesus is surrounded by people on all sides. Tax collectors and sinners gather to hear him, while Pharisees and scribes grumble about the company he keeps. Meals in the […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 18 (23) Luke 14:25-33 What I Am Learning Jesus is on the road, and large crowds are following him. In the first-century Jewish world, it was common for rabbis to gather disciples—students who would listen, learn, […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 17 (22) Luke 14:1, 7-14 What I Am Learning Jesus continues his public ministry under close scrutiny. He is invited to a sabbath meal at the house of a Pharisee. The Pharisees were a reform movement […]
The intent of this site is to help Christians find their faithful motivations for relating to, respecting, learning with, and working with people of diverse traditions. It is faithful. Jesus did it. When I work to counter some form of bigotry on […]