Sermon Introduction –
Jesus teaches that we should be like trees bearing good fruit. That means we are out in the world, loving as God taught us to love. But before we can bear good fruit, something else has to come first: healthy roots. What does it mean to work on the roots of your faith?
Introduction to this week’s readings –
The warnings are plentiful and blunt on the third Sunday in Lent. Cut it out or get cut down! The warnings are accompanied by God’s invitation to attentiveness: “Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live.” The landowner’s ultimatum is forestalled by the gardener’s readiness to till the ground one more year. That is good news for all of us. Thanks be to God!
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