“In order to communicate truth, most of the times, humans use prose…full sentences, complete paragraphs, linear logic. Prose is fine for propositional truth or for flat, mundane things…But, at times, in order to move people...
C31: The Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
“This tale of two prophets is shrouded in mystery and bursting with evidence of the matchless power of God,” begins The Rev. Dr. Joy J. Moore, Professor of Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary in Saint...
C30: The Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
This Sunday’s preacher, Richard Ward, is the Fred B. Craddock Professor Emeritus of Preaching and Practical Theology at Phillips Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ward begins today’s sermon from Luke 8:26-39, “The Healing Power of Incarnate...
B51: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
“Hannah, the central character in our biblical text, is honored by interpreters as a woman of faith, patience, and kindness,” begins Ginger Gaines-Cirelli, Senior Pastor of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC. She continues,...
B50: The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
When it comes to immigration, our country and many other countries wrestle with the question of “who can be included and who should be excluded,” begins Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church of Richmond,...
B49: The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
The poem, “Home,” by Warsan Shire, a British writer born to Somali parents in Kenya begins, “No one leaves home unless/home is the mouth of a shark.” The poem continues, “You have to understand,/that no...