Loving people and caring for them isn't enough to change the way the world works overnight.... Our caring isn't enough to change all "bad" into "good." But it is all we are asked to do. And it is enough. -- from the sermon "Enough" The seventeen sermons in this book are based on gospel texts from Matthew. Sermons follow the Revised Common, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic lectionaries. "The church is the place of greatest hope in our society," writes John Jamison. "What happens when God's people gather together and hear God's word can happen no place else! Lives are changed. They are made whole, unbroken and hopeful. That is, and must be our task." John B. Jamison is pastor of First United Methodist Church, Carthage, Illinois. He holds a master of divinity degree from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He has appeared several times on the nationwide United Methodist television program "Catch The Spirit."