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We Bear God's Image: What Do We Owe Caesar, and What Do We Owe God? – Deacon David Penton – 10/16/2026

Deacon Mark Campbell welcomes Deacon David Penton of Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, based in Algona and spanning seven churches across Kossuth County and West Bend. Deacon Dave also serves as Coordinator of Formation for the Office of the Permanent Diaconate in the Diocese of Sioux City, after years of teaching high school theology.

Preparing for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 18), he explores Matthew 22:15-21, where Jesus tells the Pharisees and Herodians to repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God:

Why the coin bears Caesar's image, but every one of us…

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