The Rev. George Adamik considers a few ways to “inwardly digest” the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30): “Do we take the gifts we’ve been given and bury, hide, or protect them, keeping them safe, or are we called to go beyond ourselves and make a difference?”
The Rev. George Adamik discusses five major roles for the contemporary church based on Avery Dulles’s classic work.
The Rev. George Adamik reflects on Matthew 22:15-22: “We read the scriptures as if we have no money, and we then use our money as if we’ve never heard the scriptures.”
I doubt that there’s anybody here in this room who, after hearing that parable (Matthew 20:1-16), doesn’t say, “what?” That does not make sense. It doesn’t seem fair. This idea that a landowner hires people at daybreak, another group at 9:00, another group at 3:00, another group at 5:00, and interestingly, he pays the five o’clock people first….
Context is everything. When we try to understand something, it’s so important to know the context. I want to share some thoughts this morning on this reading, that letter that Paul wrote to the Romans and allow that to engage us in our lives at St. Paul’s. (Romans 13:8-14)
… There was a saying that Robert F. Kennedy was known for, actually a line from George Bernard Shaw, “Some men see things as they are and say, Why? I dream things that never were, and say, Why not?”
(Matthew 16:13-20)
Today is a feast day in the church, the Feast of the Transfiguration. It always falls on August sixth. And whether August sixth is a Sunday or a Wednesday, it’s the Feast of the Transfiguration. We have the white vestments and the white hangings to remind us of this great feast. The Transfiguration is decribed to us in the Gospel reading for today, (Luke 9:28-36).
The Rev. George Adamik reflects on the parable of the sower in Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23.
The Rev. George Adamik shares his experience breaking fast during Ramadan with local Muslim brothers and sisters and reflects on the timely lectionary reading from Genesis 21:8-21.
The Rev. George Adamik discusses Pentecost (Acts 2:1-21): “Can we speak a language like these early followers of Christ that’s able to communicate the love of Jesus, the transforming vision of Jesus. Can we communicate that in a way that folks can understand, or are we speaking a foreign language?”