Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Independence Day Celebration Readings-Deuteronomy 10: 17-21; Psalm 145; Hebrews 11: 8-16; Matthew 5: 43-48 These readings for the Celebration of Independence push us forward rather than allow us to look backward. First, Deuteronomy. Our God loves strangers and executes justice for those with little hope or standing, the orphan and the widow. So, we as…