When I sit down to write a children’s sermon on Luke 18:9-14, I can’t help but make it about prayer. That is, after all, the key action in the story. The pompous and self-righteous guy prays. Then the lowly penitential guy prays. And it is the next passage right after another great story that Luke […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 20th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 25(30), Luke 18:9-14
This is a passage I’ve always loved, but today it seems I’ve always missed a crucial detail. I’ve always thought of this primarily as a passage about prayer. And it is: the whole story Jesus tells is about two people praying, only one of whom gets it right. Plus the fellow who did get it […]