Last week, we talked about epiphanies as moments of sudden insight, usually deep insight, into the meaning or nature of things.
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Last week, we spent a little time thinking about how people tell great truths. There are thousands of different ways to tell a story.
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So, imagine that you have a truth to tell, something to reveal to anyone who is willing to listen.
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There are a lot of people who tell the story of Mary as if the most amazing thing about her is that she got pregnant. This morning, I want to disagree.
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Almost everyone has a dream and almost every dream ends up by the wayside.
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These are hard times.
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Attention is a limited commodity for which so many forces compete.
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Have you ever heard how people catch monkeys? The trappers take a small cage out into the jungle. They place a bunch of bananas in the cage. Then they lock the cage with the bananas inside. A monkey comes along, spots the bananas, reaches through the narrow rungs of the cage and grabs a banana. The problem is that he can't pull his hand back out through the rungs while hanging on to the banana. Even when the trappers approach, he won't let go of his banana. Silly, stubborn monkey… (Hold that thought…)
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This morning is our final Sunday of our long walk through the Sermon on the Mount.
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I think one of the worst things that anyone can say to someone who is worried is, “Stop worrying!” When has that ever helped?
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So, last week, Jesus showed us examples of people who did the right thing in the wrong way
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In Jesus’ world, faithful people did three things. They gave to those in need. They prayed. They fasted. All three of these things, if done for the right reasons, could be acts of faith. All three things, if done for the wrong reasons, could become acts of pure hypocrisy.
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