Sermon for the Second Sunday after Trinity and the Confirmation of Kashton Kerry Bird, 2026
- Jun 14
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The work, whether in the oil field, at your desk, in your shop, or in your own yard, is a good thing; cows are a good thing, as are chickens and goats and what-have-you; the retirement that was earned over decades is a good thing. Families are a good thing; children and grandchildren: blessings from on high. Even extracurricular activities, such as softball, are good things, in and of themselves. God gives all these things, and gives them richly and daily, without ceasing. Yet when these very gifts are set against the invitation, against the Word, they become the occasion of the same refusal. The servant comes, and the Word sounds forth, “Come, for all things are now ready,” yet you are somewhere else, if not in body, then in heart and mind. And the good things God has given you shut out the very God who gives them. The gifts remain good, in themselves; nevertheless, their importance in life takes precedence over the habit of hearing, the habit of heeding the invitation. Soon, weeks turn to months or years, and the habit is gone.
Still, the invitation sounds forth. It has sounded forth to Kashton. He stood before this congregation this morning and recited what he has learned, the faith into which he was baptized as set forth in the Catechism. Even so, the Feast was not waiting on his outward preparations, any more than it waits on yours. The Feast is here, already prepared.
Readings:
Old Testament: Proverbs 9:1-10
Epistle: 1 John 3:13-18
Holy Gospel: Luke 14:15-24
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