“This Temple Is Coming Down!”
Will Willimon has long been recognized as one of America’s most prolific preachers, speakers, and authors. In this sermon from Mark 13:1-8 he finds Jesus in “an apocalyptic mood,” talking about the destruction of the magnificent temple...
“Like a Shakespearean Tragedy”
The Rev. MaryAnn, McKibben Dana, popular Presbyterian preacher, author, blogger, and retreat leader, takes up this Sunday’s reading from the Gospel of Mark: the story of . John the Baptist’s beheading (Mark 6:14-29). Dana appeals...
“Celebrity Sighting”
Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, pastor, author, activist, and founder of Invested Faith, preaches a sermon from John 12:22-30 called, “Celebrity Sighting.” She says, “Once I had dinner in the very same restaurant where Bruce Springsteen...
“When You Don’t Know What to Do”
MaryAnn McKibben Dana, popular preacher, speaker, writer, and retreat leader, preaches a sermon from Mark 9:2-9 called, “When You Don’t Know What to Do.” She begins with a quote: “When a system doesn’t know what...
A18: The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year A (2023)
“Some people’s mothers told them not to talk about religion and politics in public,” says Lauren Winner, Author, Episcopal Priest, and Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality at Duke Divinity School. “Well, I grew up in...