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Last weekend I drove with some friends to the Red River Gorge of eastern Kentucky for a wildflower walk organized by Father John Rausch, a Glenmary priest and ecological advocate. He arranged for Dr. Tom (...)

Discussion on texts for the Second Sunday in Lent (March 16, 2014): (Gospel) John 3:1-17; (1st Reading) Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; (2nd Reading) Romans 4:1-5, 13-17.

Discussion on texts for First Sunday in Lent (March 9, 2014): (Gospel) Matthew 4:1-11; (1st Reading) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Psalm 32; (2nd Reading) Romans 5:12-19.

Scripture’s story of Lent begins this year by describing the first human job. March 9th’s reading from Genesis 2 and 3 digests the second creation story very briefly, starting with God’s placing the first human (...)

Discussion on texts for the Second Sunday of Advent (Dec. 8, 2013): (Gospel) Matthew 3:1-12; (1st Reading) Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; (2nd Reading) Romans 15:4-13.

Discussion on texts for First Sunday of Advent (Dec. 1, 2013): (Gospel) Matthew 24:36-44; (1st Reading) Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; (2nd Reading) Romans 13:11-14.

For those of us who snoozed through high school English class decades ago: A brief review of metaphors, and why we who read Scripture care about them. Bear with me. Metaphors (and similes, which employ (...)

Join Profs. David Lose, Karoline Lewis, and Matt Skinner for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Holy Trinity: John 16:12-15; Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; and Romans 5:1-5

Dear Working Preacher,   Though I am normally cautious to generalize from my particular experience, when it comes to Pentecost I’m going to take that risk: I think that most of us get one thing (...)

God’s Spirit blows through most of the lectionary passages during this Pentecost month, from Psalm 104:30 (“When you send forth your spirit, they are created”) to the end of Revelation, in which the Spirit says (...)