All of us spend time as a rolling coin, a dawdling lamb, a distracted preschooler … lost, whether we know it or not – and be sure that Jesus also tells these parables for us. Jesus reassures us God’s capacity for Grace has not diminished because we ended up between the world’s sofa cushions. Jesus tells us that God never calls off the search, promises that God’s patience, persistence, and grace will always overcome our wandering.

Thanks be to God, we do not undertake this righteous prayer alone! We bind what is to what might be, and we seek Grateful Hearts and Gracious Lives in our Trinity Church community. Sunday by Sunday, we gather as a parish family to practice our thanks and praise, to share with one another the gracious plenty God has shared with us. Peering into this new Program Year we look forward to singing together, to learning together, to serving together … to challenging the world’s depravity with the joys of our companionship and the generosity of our spirits, together.

A Throne, a small chair, a high chair…. who sits WHERE is really not important, what is really important is the WHO. This week’s gospel invites us to wonder “where will you see the face of Christ in the seat beside you this week? Where will you LOVE the person beside you and what will you do if there is no chair?”

That on that first Sabbath, God did rest, but perhaps God’s rest wasn’t just about ‘not doing’ more creation, but rather ‘connecting with’ the creation God had made and hallowed; about delighting in what creation had to offer; in exploring the wideness of God’s expanding love and playfulness. Maybe God buried God’s face in our toes and laughed at our expressions and simply enjoyed learning the quirks of God’s humans and animals and oceans, of the ferns; of the redwoods.

Others’ affirmations or discouragements, others’ dismissals or acceptances – those do not determine our worth! God’s Love has already assured our value and charged us with a purpose, sent us into the world as emissaries of kindness, compassion, and grace…

“In our imperfect humanity, in our mortal weakness, we will fail to keep our baptismal promises perfectly. But God is no mortal,

In our imperfect humanity, in our mortal weakness, we will fail to keep our baptismal promises perfectly. But God is no mortal, so God perfectly keeps his.

KGL+ Sermon Trinity Church Boston Year C Proper 12 July 27, 2025    May the words of my mouth and

In a world of dichotomy, Martha and Mary are not at odds, rather it is how does one order one’s life. What comes first and how do we order the time that we have been given. How might we shape our day to respond in love rather than react in exasperation? Jesus speaks to our innermost weakness and desire in this week’s gospel. Come and sit for a second so that your work might be fueled with love.

The parables of Jesus are not intended to satisfy us. They are intended to shock and scandalize us. To challenge and convict us.