Sermons
Most of our readings today have a common image of a vineyard. We see that in the Isaiah reading, in the Psalm, and again in the Gospel. Each of the authors of the different readings use the image a little bit differently, but fundamentally at the core of the image of the vineyard is the question of stewardship.
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Paul says, “Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.” This passage, of course, is so consistent with the Gospels. It is so consistent with Jesus’s teachings on loving your neighbors as yourself, his teachings in the Beatitudes, his teachings in washing the Disciples’ feet. It resonates with his very life. Paul goes on in this passage to say that looking not to your own interests, but to the interests of others is the mind of Christ.
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“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.” This passage is a favorite of mine. In our world that values bigger and better, it reminds me that bigger and better is not what is most important to God. You do not need to be with a huge crowd to encounter God. Just a couple of people, faithfully gathered, is sufficient. “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”
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