This sermon was preached for the annual sermon ecumenical pulpit swap at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church in Wellesley, MA. The passages for this sermon were: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 and Luke 12:32-40 . Some time this morning, Protestant Christians in the traditions who follow the Revised Common Lectionary--Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and others--are being confronted by the same passage from the Prophet Isaiah that we just heard. Even though you make many prayers I will not listen , says God through the Prophet Isaiah. Your hands are full of blood . I wonder how many other preachers felt that line echo throughout their week, as it did for me, each time I went to pray. And again, whenever I sat down to write this sermon this week, two images kept popping into my head. The first was a graphic photo of carnage from one of the mass shootings from this past weekend, either Dayton, Ohio or El Paso, TX. I can’t remember which one, but that doesn’t matter because