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En el capítulo 2 de San Lucas nos encontramos con la historia bien conocida y muy querida del nacimiento de Jesús “en un pesebre.” El reto para los/as predicadores/as es cómo ayudar a nuestros/as oyentes (...)

Ask any parent or grandparent about the birth of a new baby and they typically can describe the event in great detail. I have been regaled with these stories too many times to count. Some (...)

When I was a kid, I was sick a lot. I had childhood epilepsy, experienced some learning disabilities from a difficult birth, was often sick, and had numerous allergies. I spent a lot of time (...)

The backdrop against which the dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus should be understood is John 2:23-25. Nicodemus is one of those who “believed in his name because they saw the signs that he was doing” (...)

John 9 functions as a commentary on Jesus’s claim in 8:12 (“I am the light of the world”). Verse 5 ties John 8 and 9 together. As in John 3 and 4, religious instruction is (...)

In this chapter, which lies at the rhetorical and theological center of the gospel of John, we have yet another conversation of Jesus with a couple of women, two sisters, Mary and Martha. We also (...)

Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones coming to life is offered alongside the stories of death and life from John 11. The passage also occurs at two other times: on Pentecost, and as part of (...)

In this last Sunday before Holy Week, two texts promise resurrection. In Ezekiel, dry bones are knit back together and infused with life-giving breath, while in John, Lazarus is brought back to life after four (...)

Stories of Jesus raising the dead appear in all the Gospels, but John alone includes the story of the raising of Lazarus. As a story, it supplies a basic pivot point in the overall narrative: (...)

John’s “first installation” of the resurrection appearances includes the following journeys to and from the tomb: Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb and back to Simon Peter and the Beloved Disciple (1-2); Simon Peter and (...)