This week’s sermon is called “God’s Preferential Option.” The Scriptures, read by Lector Karen Christianson, are from the Book of Proverbs Chapter 22; James 2:1-10, 14-17; and Mark 7:24-37. These are from the lectionary for this Labor Day Sunday, and the message focuses on how God is, and God’s people are called to be, impartial; or if partial, then to the poor and oppressed, as God seems to be. The sermon includes part of a nationwide report of wage-theft oppressing many American workers.