Proper 10 C + Getting on God's Good Side + by ACL+ 7.13.25
Getting on God’s Good Side Proper 10C, Deuteronomy 30, Luke 10 St Paul’s Emmanuel, Santa Paula The Rev. Alene Campbell-Langdell Today's Gospel lesson starts with a question to Jesus, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Now, it’s possible the lawyer meant this question literally, but I don’t think that cryogenics or better health care is what this lawyer had in mind. Instead, this question echoes Moses’ final speech to the Israelites in Deuteronomy. Moses describes the fundamental choice that we all have: we can choose blessings or curses, life or death. And so, in a sense, the lawyer asks Jesus, “How do I make sure that I’m always on the side of life?” How do I stay on the blessing side of things rather than the other? How do I get on God’s good side? This is a fundamental question for anyone who is not actually an atheist. Because anyone who has even the slightest idea that God might exist has to wond...