“Blessed Are You Who Mourn” (A49: All Saints Day)
Revelation 7:9-17 and Psalm 34:1-10, 22; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 Campbell-Reed reflects on All Saints’ Sunday through the lens of grief. She connects sainthood with “sinner-saints,” challenges heroic ideas of calling, and presents mourning...
“Graveyards and Gardens” (A19: Easter)
Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2,14-24; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-18 Gregg mentions the gardens of Eden and Gethsemane, then says: “Our Easter text for today places us in a third garden, a garden that is also a...
“Breath for Dry Bones” (A17: Fifth Sunday in Lent)
Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 Lewis Wilborn reflects on Ezekiel’s vision of dry bones as a metaphor for spiritual death and renewal, urging listeners to receive God’s life-giving command, renew their minds,...
“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...