Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C
July 10, 2022
Comments by John Fairless
Amos 7:7-17
Amos does not mess around!
This is one prophet who has no time for foolishness — probably tempered by his farmer’s experience, where there is always more work to be done.
At the very least, Amos provides a good example for preachers: when it’s time to bring the word from the Lord, do so in the most direct and responsib…