10/2/2018 9:30 AM
Collette Broady Grund
Jesus said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, …
10/1/2018 10:48 AM
Karoline Lewis
There are certain texts that once read out loud in worship, in the midst of a faith community, demand then to be preached. The lection from Mark this week …
9/25/2018 10:25 AM
Karoline Lewis
If it sounds like Jesus is coming down hard on the disciples, well, it should.
We have a tendency not to like this Jesus, this Jesus who seems to mean …
9/25/2018 9:10 AM
Bradley E. Schmeling
Every preacher has his or her own personal anxiety dream. Mine is that I’m standing in the pulpit for the reading of the gospel, only to realize there’s …
9/18/2018 9:30 AM
David Lower
As a preacher regularly stirred by reading and interpreting the Bible collaboratively with church members, I began exploring an entirely collaborative sermon …
9/17/2018 11:13 AM
Karoline Lewis
The relevance of Scripture continues to amaze me.
The many stories and illustrations we think we need to invigorate our sermons, to make them more interesting, …
9/11/2018 12:48 PM
Karoline Lewis
“Who do you say that I am?” is a much harder question than we think it is, and it’s already hard enough.
This would be a good Sunday …
9/11/2018 12:00 AM
Rachael Keefe
In my own struggles with suicidality as a teen and young adult, the church was instrumental in saving my life. The congregation I grew up in was nonjudgmental …
9/4/2018 12:00 AM
Rachel Wrenn
We get the name “Psalms” from the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible: the word psalmos roughly corresponds to the translation of the Hebrew …
9/1/2018 3:23 PM
Karoline Lewis
It seems that no one can keep quiet when in the presence of God, as much as Jesus orders silence. “For saying that, the demon has left your daughter.” …
8/30/2018 11:35 AM
Luke A. Powery
Luke Powery considers ways for preachers to navigate difficult scripture passages, including Psalm 137 (Pent 17C/Ord. 27C) and Mark 10 (Pent 20B/Ord. 27B). …
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 …
8/7/2018 5:00 PM
Nathan Aaseng
I’ve always been puzzled by the idea of the unforgivable sin, identified in Mark as blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Mark 3:28-30).
The passage …