Proper 22.A.2017
Matthew 21:33-46
The Rev. Melanie L. McCarley
In the Gospel lesson for today, we are told that there is a landowner who planted a vineyard, and bestowed upon this fair piece of land everything it needed in order to succeed and be a blessing to those who lived there. And then he leased it to tenants and went away.
Proper 21.A.2017
Philippians
The Rev. Melanie L. McCarley
When most of us think of sled dog races, it’s the Iditarod that comes most readily to mind. Yet, what might have been the most important sled dog race that will ever be run in Alaska, ended in Nome on February 2, 1925, when Gunner Kaassen drove his tired dog team down an almost deserted First Avenue.
Proper 19.A.2017
Matthew 18:21-35
The Rev. Melanie L. McCarley
The Parable of the Unforgiving Steward is admittedly difficult to preach on---actually that’s not true. The parable, as Jesus tells it, is really pretty straightforward. It’s the reality that’s hard.