The Wheat & the Weeds
Proper 11.A.2017
Genesis 28:10-19a; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
The Rev. Melanie L. McCarley
Proper 11.A.2017
Genesis 28:10-19a; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
The Rev. Melanie L. McCarley
Proper 10.A.2017
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
The Rev. Melanie L. McCarley
David Mallet wrote a wonderful children’s ditty called “The Garden Song”. The refrain (and I’ll do us all a favor here and not sing) goes thusly: “Inch by inch, row by row/gonna make this garden grow./ All it takes is a rake and a hoe/ and a piece of fertile ground.” This morning, I’d like for us to give some thought to fertile ground. To put it bluntly, this is a sermon about dirt. And, the question I have for you today is this: What kind of dirt are you?
Proper 9.A.2017
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
The Rev. Melanie L. McCarley
I don’t know about you, but the image of oxen, yoked together and plodding through the fields doesn’t necessarily generate an image of comfort—particularly if you are asked to identify with the ox. Instead, it looks like work…hard work. Picture the oxen, their heads bowed, slowly pulling a great weight as they plod along. Row upon row they go….their toil, a rather uninspiring image of what our lives can become. I ask you. How can any of this possibly be good news?