“Teeth and Bones”
April 8, 2024
“I’ll never forget the time we took our daughters to Washington, D.C., for a short trip and of all the things they saw there, the teeth and bones probably fascinated them more than anything else…I...
Tell Everyone!
March 25, 2024
“The traditional Gospel reading for Easter Sunday is John 20:1-18, where Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb early on the first day of the week, while it is still dark. You know that story. It’s...
“Does Preaching Make Any Difference?”
January 29, 2024
“You may not believe it, but those of us in the preaching profession sometimes wonder if it does any good. We work at our sermons week after week…and when Sunday comes we stand in the...
“Anything But Normal”
January 22, 2024
“Those who gathered thought it was going to another normal Sabbath in the Capernaum synagogue,” begins Richard Voelz, Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. In today’s passage from Mark...
“When the Lights Go Out”
January 1, 2024
“All of a sudden, everything got dark. It was Christmas Eve, many years ago…This year, we had decorated our tree with twinkle lights…We had never seen anything like it…And neither had our cat…Before we knew...