Sermons from September 2022

Sermons from September 2022

What Does It Take?

Preacher: Pastor Liz MillerDate: September 25, 2022Text: Luke 16:19-31 CEB Last week we heard the parable of the middle manager who turned his loyalties from those at the top of systems of power to those who were most impacted by those systems. In this week’s parable the middle manager has seemingly disappeared and we’re introduced to two new characters: a rich man, and Lazarus.The rich man is really, really rich. Filthy rich. Only wears purple and fine linen, has his…

Quit Quitting, Bold Living

Preacher: Pastor Liz MillerDate: September 18, 2022Text: Luke 16:1-13 CEB If you poll church folks about what their favorite parables told by Jesus are, they would include the Good Samaritan, the lost coin and the lost sheep, the prodigal son….The parable of the middle manager rarely makes the list. It’s a complicated parable. If you listened to the scripture reading in one go and said, “Ah yes, that makes perfect sense to me,” then you are already ahead of me.…

Trusting the Potter

Preacher: Pastor Liz MillerDate: September 4, 2022Text: Jeremiah 18:1-11 I visited a pottery studio this summer at St. John’s University in Minnesota. While I was there, I did not learn how to make pottery and I was not invited to sit at a potter’s wheel, but I was offered a cup of tea and some cookies. At Saint John’s Pottery, offering hospitality is as important as learning to throw pots. In this studio’s extensive apprentice program, part of what their…