“Who’s a Doubter?” (C22: Second Sunday of Easter)
Rev. Cawthon-Freels invites us to examine Thomas from a new perspective. Maybe he’s not the doubter we try to write him off as — especially since he seems to understand who Jesus is better than...
“The Pursuit of Proximity” (C21: Easter Sunday)
Rev. Dávila Pratt begins her sermon with Mary Magdalene’s interaction with the resurrected Jesus. Our own resurrections, says Dávila Pratt, involve the “pursuit of proximity to the divine.” Rev. Aurelia Dávila Pratt helped found Peace...
“Don’t Just Stand There, Do Something!”
The disciples and Jesus were walking and talking. Then “he suddenly started floating, rising up into the sky, away from them, away from them all over again,” says the Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, Founder of Invested...
“If You’re Going to Live in My Love”
The Rev. Carla Pratt Keyes, Pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches a sermon called, “If You’re Going to Live in My Love,” from John 15:9-17. “I have to say,” she begins, “I...
“Get Up and Go”
The Rev. Andrew Connors, Senior Minister of Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland, preaches a sermon called “Get up and Go,” based on the reading from Acts 8:26-40. “Get up and go,”...
“Not My Favorite Sunday”
The Rev. Dr. William H. Willimon, Bishop in the United Methodist Church, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School, and one of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world says...