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Today is the most important day in the church’s year: Easter Day. It is the day on which all Christian hope depends. On this day, we believe, Jesus Christ rose from the dead, conquering sin, (...)

Of all the things Jesus could have done on his last night with his followers before his arrest, trial, and death—indoctrination, suggestions of insurrection, encouragement to incitement—he washes their feet. The opposite of payback But (...)

The story of the resurrection of Lazarus begins in a very human place: Two sisters tell Jesus that one “whom you love” is sick (John 11:3). They do not tell him what to do; they (...)

“Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind” (John 9:32).  Mixed reactions This is a story about a healing, the Sabbath, and the interrogation (...)

The story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman begins as a literal journey. Jesus leaves Judea, a province in the south, and is traveling to Galilee, in the north. By choosing to travel to Samaria, (...)

“The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the (...)

Pilate begins his encounter with the high priests of Jerusalem by making a concession. Although the Jewish leaders have traveled to his residence, they refuse to enter the palace, fearing ritual defilement before Passover. Rather (...)

John 11:1–44 is the reading for the first Sunday of Lent in 2026. Any preacher will be challenged to wrap her mind around a story of this length and richness. For John, the raising of (...)

John 10:1–18 may be one of those texts that is best read with two frameworks in mind: 1) Jesus’s context and audience and 2) our context and audience.1 So far in John, we have seen (...)

The healing story that follows Jesus’ encounter with the woman of Samaria takes place when he has arrived in Cana in Galilee. The Narrative Lectionary skips over three short verses that deal with Jesus’ reception (...)