“Really, Jesus?”
In today’s Gospel reading from John 6:35, 41-51, “Jesus makes a lot of very bold claims about himself, but these promises about no longer hungering and no longer thirsting are some of the most impressive. No...
“Does Preaching Make Any Difference?”
“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...
B37: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
In today’s Gospel reading from John 6:35, 41-51, “Jesus makes a lot of very bold claims about himself, but these promises about no longer hungering and no longer thirsting are some of the most impressive....
B11: The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B (2021)
“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...
A36: The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
“Today’s story from Matthew 14:13-21 where Jesus feeds a multitude in the desert, is the only miracle story that all four gospel writers tell, which means it must have been a very important story in...