Every one of us, men and women, young and old alike live with a Legacy. Unfortunately, you can't choose the Legacy you have to live with. It's given to you by those who have gone before you. By those who raised you and influenced your life. Some of us live with a with Legacy that has set us free and empowered us. Some of us live with a Legacy that is more like chains which bind us. And struggle as we might we've been unable to break those chains.

I wanted to start with that modern retelling of the story we call the Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac. That's kind of a weird passage for Father's Day don't you think? I thought about pulling away from Lectionary and finding a passage more appropriate. But then I got to thinking about all the families in trouble. And most of the families that a…