A52: Reign of Christ Sunday, Year A (2020)
November 16, 2020
“I was driving home one night…I pulled up to a stoplight. I noticed a woman running up to my car, right up to the window. With a look of desperation on her face, she asked...
You need a good Lutheran to preach on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and Rolf Jacobson is a good Lutheran. He’s Professor of Old Testament and the Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Scripture,...
C51: The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
October 26, 2016
“One of the things I appreciate most about preaching from the lectionary is that it often leads me to preach passages of scripture I would have never chosen on my own,” begins Jim Somerville, Pastor...
C46: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
September 9, 2016
In October, a month that often focuses on stewardship in churches, it could be tempting for a pastor to use today’s passage, Luke 17:11-19, the story of the ten lepers, to preach on tithing. Ten...