Justice without intention is hollow
Sermon for Pentecost XIX, 2025, delivered at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Louisville, KY Text: Luke 18:1-8 Three weeks ago, we took a road trip vacation to Memphis and then on to New Orleans. Weeks before we left, my son wanted very much to see the Bass Pro Shop pyramid building near the Mississippi river in Memphis. He had mentioned it so much that on our first morning, my wife said “Let’s go there first and get it over with.” We weren’t so much interested in seeing this oddity as we were in stopping his reminders that he wanted to see it. Once we were there, it turned out to be impressive - it was a huge outdoor sporting goods store under a 7 story tall pyramidal roof with hotel room balconies overlooking the sales floor. There was even a restaurant and observation deck at the top. He also asked us to drive over the Mississippi River and step out of the car so that he could say that he had been in Arkansas. And, we did that on our way to New Orleans. We all wanted to “set foot” i...