Luke 9:28-36 Transfiguration of the Lord “You can tell when someone is really listening to you,” writes Amanda Ripley in High Conflict:..
Luke 6:27-38 Epiphany 7C An initial read of Luke 6:27-38 can leave us more than a bit baffled. Jesus has just chosen..
Jeremiah 17:5-10 Epiphany 6C Walking in and among the trees has always been a preferred form of meditation for me. These tall,..
Luke 5:1-11 Epiphany 5C My father loves to take his grandkids deep-sea fishing when we visit him in Florida. A former Navy..
When confronted with anger that stings, what would it look like to choose agape?
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10, Psalm 19, Luke 4:14-21, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Epiphany 3C In his latest novel Cloud Cuckoo Land, Pulitzer Prize-winning..
John 2:1-11 Epiphany 2C My friend, who is an Episcopal priest, posted on her Facebook page the Sunday after Christmas: “Just had..
Baptism of the Lord Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 My children’s need for love astounds me. When they were younger, I would lie down..
Second Sunday after Christmas John 1:1-18 Preachers say they don’t like preaching the Gospel of John for the same reasons people say..
Colossians 3:12-17 Christmas 1C This will be the first Christmas in 23 years that I won’t lead worship. I always worked extra..
Luke 1:39-45 (46-55) Advent 4C My husband and I met some of our best friends, Nancy and Mark, in our hospital’s birthing..
Isaiah 12:2-6 Advent 3C Many of us distrust our physical selves, focusing too much on our minds, too much on our ability..
Luke 3:1-6 Advent 2C Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Brian Christopher Coulter is pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth,..
Luke 21:25–36 Advent 1C Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Andrew Taylor-Troutman is pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church in..
John 18:33-37 Ordinary 25B; Proper 28 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! John Wurster is pastor at St. Philip Presbyterian Church in..
Mark 13:1-8 Ordinary 25B; Proper 28 “We are in an imagination battle,” writes adrienne maree brown in her book “Emergent Strategy: Shaping..
Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 Ordinary 24B; Proper 27 “I put myself back in the narrative” sings Eliza in the closing song of the..
Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Ordinary 23B; Proper 26 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Gail Henderson-Belsito is the associate minister at Caldwell Presbyterian Church..
Mark 10:46-52 Ordinary 22B; Proper 25 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! John Wurster is pastor at St. Philip Presbyterian Church in..
Mark 10:35-45 Ordinary 21B; Proper 24 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Shelli Latham is pastor at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church in..
Psalm 22:1-15 Ordinary 20B; Proper 23 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Shelli Latham is pastor at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church in..
Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 Ordinary 19B; Proper 22 Thanks to this week's guest writer! Shelli Latham is pastor at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church..
Numbers: 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Ordinary 18B; Proper 21 “The rabble among them had a strong craving; and the Israelites also wept.” What..
Mark 9:30-37 Pentecost 17B; Proper 20 Who was this child lingering around Jesus and his disciples? What was he doing in the..
James 3:1-12 Pentecost 16B; Proper 19 In January of 2020, Clemency Burton-Hill — a BBC classical music host and lover of Bach..
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