Intervening to Stop Violence

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 8A, June 25, 2017; The Rev. Pamela L. Werntz

Genesis 22:1-14. Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him.
Romans 6:12-23. Present your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
Matthew 10:40-42. And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones.

O God of Love, grant us the wisdom, the strength and the courage to seek always and everywhere after truth, come when it may, and cost what it will.


Beginning last Sunday, and all through the week, so many people asked me, “what are you doing with The Binding of Isaac?” Seriously.  In emails, in person, on the phone.  And my response has been, “I don’t know! What are YOU doing with The Binding of Isaac?” Oy. So today I’m to start my sermon with a poem – it’s from David Whyte – called “Sometimes.” [1]
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