"What Kind of King Do You Want?"

Last Pentecost (Proper 29).C.22
Luke 23:33-43
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

What kind of king do you want? It happens that Christ the King Sunday occurs right about the time of elections in our country. We’re a nation that values the vote. We’re all about choosing our leaders, so this is a fine question with which to be faced this morning. What kind of king do you want?

"Grace is like Rain"

Proper 25.C.22
Joel 2:23-32; Luke18:9-14
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

“O children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the later rain, as before.”

"Grace is like Rain"

Proper 25.C.22
Joel 2:23-32; Luke18:9-14
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

“O children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the later rain, as before.”

"Grace is like Rain"

Proper 25.C.22
Joel 2:23-32; Luke18:9-14
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

“O children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the later rain, as before.”

Love and Persistence

Proper 24.C.22
Luke 18:1-8
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

Psychologist, Albert Ellis, once said “The art of love is largely the art of persistence.” In the epistle for today St. Paul encourages Timothy when he writes: “I solemnly urge you: proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.” In short keep on with the good work—even when times are challenging, even when circumstances are less than that for which we had hoped—keep on proclaiming.

"Securing A Future Worth Living"

Proper 20.C.22
Luke 16:1-13
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

Let’s face it, some things are really hard to get past. Take this morning’s parable, as a case in point. When confronted with this story, most folks never think about the wisdom in it, because they can’t get past the dishonesty. So, rather than seeing the dishonest steward as a person worthy of emulation, a good number of us (perhaps even the majority) just want to see him in jail.

"Who's Our Example?"

Proper 15.C.22
Hebrews 11:29-12:2
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

Mickey Mantle was among the best baseball players who ever played the game. In fact, most experts, agree that he might have been one of the two or three greatest players ever had he not spent most of his life playing fast and loose with his health.

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