Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C
September 25, 2022
Comments by John Fairless
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15
The things that God asks of us don’t always seem to make sense — at least in the moment. Why would Jeremiah buy a field and then go through the elaborate ceremony with the deeds and the pot in front of the crowd gathered around the king’s palace?
“Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this…