Sermons

'A capable wife — or anything else' (Trinity 16)

So I have to tell you a story about our first reading today, from Proverbs. It’s a famous passage: “A capable wife who can find?” And then it goes on to describe the traits of just such a wife. … But let’s think about it: one could write such a passage for any role in life. A capable husband who can find? And what would we say? What would be the description? Or a capable parent, or farmer, or priest, or doctor, or nurse, or teacher, or shopkeeper? For any role that you fill, if it is a true and honourable role, could you write a description of the ideal of such a person? I certainly think on a regular basis about what makes for an ideal priest. What would be the ideal of the role you fill?

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