Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year A, RCL)

I have pastored the same church for 18 years. That's not exactly a towering pinnacle, but it does provide some interesting views.

For better or for worse, the sex columnist provides real-time exegesis of the seventh commandment.

This is not a Sunday for soft-pedalling the gospel. Moses and Jesus portray the life of faith as a "yes" or a "no" to God with lives that obey or that disobey. It is little wonder that it is common to summarize Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount with one verse, the "Golden Rule" (Matthew 7:12).

Somewhere along the line, choosing to worship the God met in Jesus became a matter of life and death for me.

Blessings and curses? My usual relational language with God does not include curses.