Matt Skinner

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Holy Lands, Holy Attention

For almost as long as people have called themselves “Christians,” they have undertaken pilgrimages to [...]

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Second Sunday of Christmas: Light in the darkness

Does your preaching actually make a difference? Matt Skinner reflects [...]

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Fourth Sunday of Advent: Faithfully proclaim peace

Joseph didn’t know the ending—but [...]

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First Sunday of Advent: Christ’s presence, right here, right now

In this Preacher to Preacher [...]

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Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Ord 32C): Stop explaining, start imagining

Stop explaining the resurrection. Start [...]

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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Steady, faithful work

Matt Skinner reflects on Luke [...]

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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord 26C): Walls and neighbors

“We build walls when we [...]

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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord 23C): Sailing through difficult passages

Matt Skinner reminds us that [...]

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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord 20C): Tough texts call for creativity

Preachers, what do you do [...]

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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Ord 17C): Prayerful proclamation

Cemeteries are full of theology—and [...]

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