Gospel of Luke

Emily Scott, St. Lydia's pastor, has quickly become one of my favorite sermon writers and preachers. Enjoy this sermon from Lent. I meant to post this earlier, of course. The World Ends a Little Bit Every Day. Here's the beginning. Click above to read the rest at her blog, Sit and Eat. I preached this

Palm Sunday is weird. I mean, even for Christians, Palm Sunday should be weird. In Luke, Jesus sets his face toward Jerusalem and we can almost hear the sigh of "let's do this" under his breath and the weirdness starts. We meet our hero in the midst of Chapter 19: 29 When he had come near

This sermon was offered at St. Lydia's in Brooklyn, New York on the first Sunday of Lent, February 17, 2013. Worry. Luke 12.13-34 I was an anxious child. I worried about being left alone. I worried about doing the right thing, whatever that was. I worried that other kids would pick on me. I worried. And as I