B22: The Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B (2021)
April 19, 2021
“It happened three years ago. Pope Francis went to visit a small church in Rome. As part of his visit, five children were selected to ask the Pope a question,” begins Father Michael Renninger, pastor...
B04: The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B (2020)
December 14, 2020
“A pastor friend was hoping to counter all the commercial Christmas frenzy swirling about his children, and to teach them what the season was all about. So he sat down at the kitchen table with...
A21: The Second Sunday of Easter, Year A (2020)
April 13, 2020
“Poor Thomas. He’s been called the doubter, the skeptic. Jesus seems to chastise him for having to see in order to believe,” begins MaryAnn McKibben Dana. In John 20:19-31, we learn how Jesus handles a...
C37: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
August 5, 2019
“Sometimes I think it would be super helpful to treat our sermons like TV shows,” begins David Lose, as in, ‘Previously, in Genesis 12, God called Abraham and he went–no doubt, no questions, no conditions. ...
B16: The Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B (2018)
March 5, 2018
William H. Willimon, United Methodist Bishop and Professor of the Practice of Ministry at Duke Divinity School, preaches a sermon called “Can I Get a Simple Answer?” from John 3:14-21. He says, “Poisonous serpents, a...