Destiny Image 22nd Sunday after PentecostProper 27, Year CNov. 9, 20252 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 In 1938, people across the country tuned into the Orson Welles radio program Mercury Theatre on the Air converting the 40-year-old novel War of the Worlds into a fake news bulletin describing a Martian invasion of New Jersey and chaos ensued. Police logs from that year document a national panic attack as folks thought the story was a true newscast.

by Kelly Latimore All Saints Sunday, Year CNov. 2, 2025 Ephesians 1:11-23Luke 6:20-31 Today is an important day in the Church. On this day we are combining All Saints celebration, one of the seven principal feasts of the church year, which honors all saints, known and unknown; not just the famous ones but the ones who have walked ahead of us in faith whom we may or may not have heard about.

20th Sunday After Pentecost Proper 25, Year CLuke 18:9-14 Oct. 26, 2025 Today’s Gospel reading starts out with Jesus turning to those around him, using the ancient method of story-telling, by saying, “A Pharisee and a Tax Collector walk into a Temple…” While this parable is no joke, it does have a punchline that is likely to make us squirm a little.

JESUS MAFA. Healing of the ten lepers, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, Tenn. 18th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23, Year CLuke 17:11-19 Oct. 12, 2025 We have spent much of this year in the Gospel of Luke. Following Jesus and his disciples, we’ve picked up on some recurrent themes that were important to Luke and the community to which he was writing.

17th Sunday after PentecostProper 22Oct. 5, 2025 The story is told of Saint Francis of Assisi going down to a village with one his monks. Their purpose was to preach the Gospel. When they arrived at the village they quickly engaged the local folk in conversation and passed their time helping the villagers with their work, sharing stories, entering into the life of the community.

15th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 20, Year CLuke 16:1-13Sept. 21, 2025 If this morning’s Gospel reading left you scratching your head, you can take comfort in the head scratching of many a preacher and scholar throughout history. Rather than take you through a class on Greek, ancient culture, and Roman social structure, let’s just say it reads a bit like Luke had a whole bunch of index cards with Jesus’ sayings on them and didn't know what to do with this one.

14th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C Proper 19 Sept. 14, 2025 Luke 15:1-10 Today is what we might call “grumbling and rejoicing” Sunday or “Lost and Found” Sunday. Kind of like the way Marty hides a Yeti in our weekly newsletter–prompting us to look for the lost! I will say that some among us clearly did not grow up in the mountains because they've been looking for a to-go cup, not a fictional furry monster.

13th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18, Year C Sept. 7, 2025 Well, my first thought upon reading today’s Gospel was that Jesus really could have used a PR manager. If he was hoping to recruit disciples and rally the crowd to his cause, turning to a large gathering of people whose culture was rooted in the importance of family only to tell them they needed to hate their family, this was not exactly the way to go about it.

8th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 13August 3, 2025Luke 12:13-21 I have said many, many times, there is a song for everything. If you’ve been around me long enough, you’ve probably already discovered that I will burst into song in the middle of a conversation about any given topic. Today’s Gospel reading has had me singing Tracy Chapman’s “Mountains of Things” all week long.

7th Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 12 July 27, 2025 Luke 11:1-13 How many of you like Dr. Pepper? I mean, we’re Texans. It’s a requirement to like Dr. Pepper and HEB, isn’t it? So suppose you really want a Dr. Pepper. You've been out in the Texas heat and you want, you may be tempted to say you need, a Dr.

“Mary, Martha and Jesus” by Kathleen Peterson 6th Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 11 Jul 20, 2025 Colossians 1:15-28Luke 10:38-42 This may date me, I can’t help but read today’s Gospel without hearing Martha, Martha, Martha. And, how do we solve a problem like Maria? I just want to say, as an oldest daughter, I get Martha. And to be fair, Jesus was just talking about the importance of hospitality last week!