Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

the Rev. Emily Boring The sermon reflects on Jesus healing a woman bent for eighteen years, an act of liberation chosen for the Sabbath to reveal God’s unconditional freedom. The synagogue leader’s objection highlights the depth of Sabbath’s role in Jewish identity, but also the danger of letting rules or ego restrict God’s presence. We, too, often bind ourselves with conditions on when and how God can act. Yet Jesus reminds us that God’s healing love moves beyond human control, inviting us to loosen our limiting beliefs and live into true Sabbath freedom.