Sermon: “Oh Lord, It’s Hard to Be Humble”
Sermon.10.27.19 St. Paul’s Episcopal – Brookings Fr. Larry Ort Joel 2.23-32; Psalm 65; 2 Timothy 4.6-8, 16-18; Luke 18.9-14 Parables possess power! Their punchline is meant to disrupt our comfortable world view, to change our perspective. So how does the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector speak to us? Luke tells us, “Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt” (Luke 18.9; NRSV). We do not kno