Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord 26C): Walls and neighbors

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“We build walls when we don’t want to see our neighbors,” says Matt Skinner. In this week’s Preacher to Preacher for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, he takes a closer look at the parable of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16.

What happens when wealth and poverty are reduced to extremes, and what does it mean to see those on the other side of the walls we’ve built—whether physical, social, or economic?

Watch below and consider how the Gospel calls us to poke holes in those walls and live differently.

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