C30: The Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
June 17, 2019
“We’ve all had experiences where something disrupts the norm and somebody does something that is inappropriate,” says Brian McLaren, a famous speaker, activist, and bestselling author. This naked man running around in a graveyard in...
C26: The Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year C (2019)
May 20, 2019
In today’s sermon, Will Willimon tells the story of a friend who, at mid-life, decided that he wanted to learn how to fly. Willimon remembers, “He felt growing anxiety in himself as he contemplated that...
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...
You need a good Lutheran to preach on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and Rolf Jacobson is a good Lutheran. He’s Professor of Old Testament and the Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Scripture,...
C30: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
May 26, 2016
“In today’s long reading from Luke 8:26-56, Jesus crosses three different boundaries to save three very different people from three very different crises. In each case, he restored that saved person to his/her community,” begins...