Epiphany 4 C: Sent to Send

Luke 4:14-30 Dear Partner in Preaching, Okay, I actually started this Sunday evening and it’s coming through in drips and drabs. That tells me, among other things, it will be a little longer than usual. 🙂 So maybe diving it up a bit will help. First, when working with this passage three years ago, I referenced Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall.” At the time, the poet’s confession, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” helped me give voice to what I heard as Jesus’ proclamation that God has come to save all, even those we fear or despise, and that, in order to extend God’s love to all, God will not...