November is often a month focused on giving and gratitude, and this Sunday offers what appears to be the perfect opening to talk about stewardship: The story in Mark 12:38-44 of a poor widow putting her last two cents into the temple offering. And yet, there’s more going on in this story than meets the eye.
Rather than a simple invitation for us to give more, Jesus calls us in this story to ask some tough questions about who we are as a church and even as a society. This sermon wrestles with our call as followers of Jesus to stand up for the poor, the marginalized, and those society overlooks—and our complicity as part of that same society.
Today's Scripture readings are 1 Kings 17:8-16, Psalm 146, and Mark 12:38-44.
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