8/27/2018 9:23 AM
Karoline Lewis
No one is exempt from a strong searching of the heart. That’s the first thing that we should notice about these selected verses from Mark 7. The Pharisees, …
8/20/2018 9:28 AM
Karoline Lewis
If you have already listened to Sermon Brainwave for this week, then you probably know what I am going to say right out of the gate -- add verses 70-71 …
8/13/2018 4:18 PM
Karoline Lewis
Wow. It sure doesn’t take long to go from grumbling to arguing, from complaining to quarreling. And it seems it doesn’t take much, either. I …
8/6/2018 5:04 PM
Karoline Lewis
The Gospel of John is a dangerous book. In the hands of those who need or want a God who chooses sides, a God they can control, a God who excludes, a God …
7/30/2018 10:40 AM
Karoline Lewis
Dear Working Preachers, have you noticed that signs are often misinterpreted? While we count on them to point us in the right direction, with everything …
7/23/2018 9:36 AM
Karoline Lewis
I know what you’re thinking, Dear Working Preachers. Five weeks of John 6. The bane of a preacher’s existence. Wishing you had taken a vacation, …
7/15/2018 1:04 PM
Karoline Lewis
Deserted places are critical places. They are not always comfortable, although here in Mark Jesus seems to imply that they are. But that would be a grand …
7/8/2018 5:24 PM
Karoline Lewis
Here’s the thing, Dear Working Preachers. We all know that Mark’s Gospel is the Reader’s Digest Condensed Version of the Jesus’ …
7/1/2018 4:09 PM
Karoline Lewis
It’s no accident that Jesus’ rejection in his hometown synagogue immediately precedes the mission of the “twelve.” “The kingdom …
6/25/2018 10:35 AM
Karoline Lewis
We preachers are intercalators. Maybe at some point in time, we learned to be so from Mark. This is Mark’s specialty, of course -- inserting one story …
6/19/2018 11:45 AM
Karoline Lewis
Transitions matter.
“On that day” -- on what day, exactly? Inquiring minds want to know, Mark.
Well, on the same day, as it turns out, that …
6/12/2018 12:46 PM
Karoline Lewis
“The earth produces on its own.” Thank God, literally.
Every once in a while Jesus gives us a break -- a break from the demands of bringing …
6/4/2018 3:35 PM
Karoline Lewis
“Out of his mind.” That seems about right when it comes to perceptions of what we believe, whom we follow, and how we live as Christians. Accusations …
5/27/2018 12:15 PM
Karoline Lewis
This past week was the 26th Festival of Homiletics in Washington, D.C., “Preaching and Politics.” An appropriate place and theme for times such …
5/18/2018 5:41 PM
Karoline Lewis
Confession time -- I am not a systematic theologian. So when it comes to saying something about the Trinity, the theological hairs on the back of my head …