Sunday Devotions: "No Longer Enslaved and Free"

Philemon 1

After more than four decades in the church, I’ve heard at least one sermon on almost every book in the New Testament.

Almost. Maybe not Jude.

And definitely not Philemon.

Shortest of Paul’s letters, it’s also one of the most complicated. As soon as I saw it show up in this week’s lectionary, I hesitated. Do I really want to write a devotional reflection ab…