B13: The First Sunday in Lent, Year B (2021)
February 15, 2021
In 1825, on the banks of the Wabash River in Indiana, an old town called New Harmony was founded. This town was to be the perfect society. Many wonderful things happened there, but within four...
C25: The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year C (2019)
May 13, 2019
“‘Short passage…big message…love one another, love one another, love one another…any questions?’ This is how I once heard a preacher describe these few verses from John’s gospel,” begins Courtney Allen Crump, pastor of Grace Baptist...
B51: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2018)
November 5, 2018
The Rev. Lisa Cressman, Episcopal priest and founder of Backstory Preaching, takes a closer look at the story most of us know as “The Widow’s Mite” from Mark 12:38-44. Cressman uses lyrics from the musical...
C03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year C (2015)
December 13, 2015
The Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery is the dean of Duke University Chapel and Associate Professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School. A national leader in the theological study of the art of preaching, Powery...