Rev. Cari played a bit with the lectionary texts this week, combining the two gospel readings (which are actually one story) from last week and this, to focus in the sermon on Luke 4:14-30. Rarely does a Scripture passage leap off the page in real life like this one did, last week. It was irresistible.

So if you listen to the sermon, you’ll hear Rev. Cari mixing it up: is she talking about Jesus in the synagogue or Bishop Mariann Budde in the Cathedral in Washington, DC?

And whatever happened to Cari’s stated intention (two weeks ago) to tell the story of her call 22 years ago that brought her to Crossroads? Wait for it… it’s in there too.

If your heart is hurting at the turns the world has been taking recently, this is the sermon for you.