4/23/2019 12:19 PM
Karoline Lewis
Poor Thomas. Always the Sunday after Easter. Always misunderstand. We think Thomas doubts, but he doesn’t. As if that is a bad thing. As if faith …
4/16/2019 9:30 AM
Patricia Tull
While the opportunities Scripture offers to speak directly of the beauty, power, and needs of the natural world are extremely frequent, especially in the …
4/15/2019 8:26 PM
Karoline Lewis
Happy Easter, Dear Working Preachers!
As I write this, I am wondering which resurrection narrative you are preaching on and why. Luke or John? Back in …
4/8/2019 9:12 AM
Karoline Lewis
Dear Working Preachers, I suspect that your Holy Week plans and preaching are well in place by now. The palms are ready. The supper is prepared. The passion …
4/1/2019 8:08 PM
Karoline Lewis
I wonder if in this moment, when Jesus is being loved with a grace upon grace kind of love, an abundance of love, a love that you could even smell, with …
3/26/2019 9:30 AM
Matt Skinner
Easter preaching has to be imaginative preaching. It has to knock us away from predictability and restraint. Wonder, surprise, and new possibilities are …
3/25/2019 12:29 PM
Karoline Lewis
A familiar parable such as the Prodigal Son should invite a wealth of perspectives. We might think we know the meaning of the story. Perhaps this time around, …
3/19/2019 9:30 AM
Carolyn B. Helsel
The emotions of Lent: what feelings are evoked from putting ashes on our foreheads or talking about Jesus’ journey to the cross? What kinds of emotions …
3/19/2019 9:28 AM
Karoline Lewis
"Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?”
If Jesus didn’t ask this …
3/11/2019 10:44 AM
Karoline Lewis
“When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.”
This is the verse behind the Gospel passage for this …
3/5/2019 9:30 AM
Rachel Wrenn
I was recently gifted a copy of the sarcastic, crude, delightfully funny little book Hyperbole and a Half. Half comic book, half stream-of-consciousness, …
3/3/2019 10:39 AM
Karoline Lewis
The problem with Jesus’ testing in Matthew, Mark, and Luke is how quickly we switch the focus from Jesus’ trials to our own temptations -- as …
2/26/2019 10:46 AM
Karoline Lewis
The Transfiguration is always a tricky story, isn’t it? Were it not for the fact that it’s the designated text bridging the seasons of Epiphany …
2/26/2019 9:30 AM
Patricia Tull
This coming April 22, 2019, is the fiftieth year of celebrating Earth Day, which began on April 22, 1970. As such it’s the Jubilee Year of Earth Day. …
2/19/2019 10:24 AM
Karoline Lewis
There are many ways to describe and define the Bible. From assertions that are mostly faith-based, such as “Scripture” or “Word of God”; …