The Other Side of the Story

To me, one of the cool things about the Episcopal Church is what is known as the Lectionary.  Briefly, the Lectionary is a three-year cycle of readings for all Episcopal churches.
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/lectionary/about-revised-common-lectionary

This year, which started with Advent last December, happens to be Year A, with this past Sunday being the Second Sunday after Pentecost.
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/lectionary/second-sunday-after-pentecost-0

The lectionary indicates also that we were to use Proper 7 for this past Sunday, so the abbreviation would be 7A.  The Old Testament lesson for 7A is Genesis 21:8-21, which is the story of Hagar (the servant of Abraham or actually the servant of his wife Sarah) and Hagar's son being evicted.

While many often choose to "preach the Gospel," sometimes the Old Testament lesson or the Epistle lend themselves to being good subject matter for the sermon. Such was the case this past Sunday at St. Dunstan's.

Tricia often offers insights into seemingly minor characters in her sermons. So, while we would ordinarily concentrate on Abraham and Sarah and why they evicted Hagar and her son, Tricia chose to look at at the story from Hagar's point of view.

Here's a link to her sermon.

I really enjoyed it Sunday morning and hope you will, too.

Remember, if you're out traveling this summer and miss Tricia's sermons, they can be found on our website, http://www.stdunstan.net/sermons
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