Fifth Sunday in Lent: The act of unbinding

A cemetery with many tombstones.
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What if preaching itself is an act of unbinding?

Karoline Lewis reflects on John 11:1–45, the raising of Lazarus, and lands on Jesus’s command: Unbind him and let him go. For her, that’s not just a resurrection story. It’s a homiletic for right now.

Who in your congregation is still in the tomb, placed there by systems, by society, or by their own pain? Your preaching this Fifth Sunday of Lent can be the voice that calls them out.

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