Sermon.08.15.21.Proper15B St. Paul’s Episcopal – Brookings Fr. Larry Ort 1 Kings 2.10-12; 3.3-14; Psalm 111; Ephesians 5.15-20; John 6.51-58 An emphasis on wisdom clearly connects today’s readings from the 1 Kings, Psalm 111, and Ephesians 5. In 1 Kings 3, we see that Solomon regularly offered sacrifices at Gibeon, one of the high places. This was prior to the building of the temple. As we read, “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, ‘Ask w

Sermon.08.01.21.Proper13B St. Paul’s Episcopal – Brookings Fr. Larry Ort 2 Samuel 11.26-12.13a; Psalm 5 1.1-13; Ephesians 4.1-16; John 6.24-35 Today’s Revised Common Lectionary readings ask that we consider who we are and who God calls us to be. In 2 Samuel 11, God, through the prophet Nathan and the story of one little ewe lamb, confronts David with the realization of what he has done. God asks, “Why have you despised the word of the Lord [i.e., the commandments], to do what