“I love baseball. I really love baseball. If I had been better at it, we wouldn’t be having this conversation together, today, in all probability. I was a catcher, albeit not a very gifted one. Many umpires tend to say things such as ‘I call them as I see them,’ or ‘They are what they are.’ My favorite umpire of all time, however, had a more existential view on balls and strikes. ‘They ain’t nothing until I call them.’ Which leads us to today’s gospel. We are, none of us, anything until we are called, and hear the call.” David Urion preaches on the ninth Sunday after Pentecost.

Lectionary Readings:
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20;
Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24;
Luke 12:32-40