A postcard for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost 09/04/22. Late summer hummingbird visitors.
Summer comes to a close.
Officially summer has a few more weeks, but Labor Day marks the end of summer for most of us. Kids (or us) are back in school. Vacations from work have all been taken. And while it is still pretty warm outside, the sun sets a bit earlier each day.
I was thankful for the long weekend, which allowed me a bit of extra time to watch the humming birds at the feeders. I managed to snap this comical photo of a pair visiting the feeder on Saturday. Most of the time they were elegant, zooming around each other and the feeder. But this moment caught a bit of an awkward landing.
While Labor Day is the end of the summer for many, it is also a day to remember all those who labor so that we can have a better life and out interconnectedness.
Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives: So guide us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but for the common good; and, as we seek a proper return for our own labor, make us mindful of the rightful aspirations of other workers, and arouse our concern for those who are out of work; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 2018
A sermon for St. Barnabas in Roanoke, Alabama, on the 13th Sunday after Pentecost, 09/04/22:
Principal text: Philemon 1-21
Coming next
- September 11 – Messiah, Heflin — 14th Sunday after Pentecost
- September 18 – St. Paul’s Greensboro —15th Sunday after Pentecost
- September 25 – Messiah, Heflin — 16th Sunday after Pentecost
- October 2 – St. Barnabas, Roanoke — 17th Sunday after Pentecost
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