Jim Honig

Jim Honig is senior pastor of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Articles by Jim Honig

Blogging Toward Sunday

Signs of Pentecost

Acts 2:1–21

Jun 06, 2011 by Jim Honig

It's commonly suggested that the Pentecost story is a reversal of the chaotic separation of the Tower of Babel. That point gets debated. What isn't debatable is that people remain separated in abundant ways.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Varieties of power

Acts 1:6–14

May 31, 2011 by Jim Honig

A few homiletical observations on Acts 1:6-14:

  • Luke is always concerned about place. Now, oddly, when it comes to Jesus' ascension, he's not.
Living by the Word

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Acts 2:1-21

May 31, 2011 by Jim Honig

I grew up long before the age of YouTube. My Sunday school rooms were in a church basement in western Nebraska. We didn't even have filmstrips! When I think back to the story of the first Pentecost, I remember an illustration on one of those Sunday school leaflets that we kids took home each week. The Pentecost leaflet showed men in robes standing in a room looking out of some windows.

Living by the Word

Sunday, June 5, 2011

1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

May 24, 2011 by Jim Honig

The reading from 1 Peter seems oddly disconnected from recent lectionary themes. What are we to make of this language of fiery ordeals and roaring lions during Easter season? It conjures up images of Joan of Arc, John Hus and others who met their ends in the cruel and literal flames of persecution.