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Frank G. Honeycutt
Frank G. Honeycutt is an ELCA minister living in Walhalla, South Carolina. His latest book is Sunday Comes Every Week: Daily Habits for the Busy Preacher (Eerdmans).
Discovering our voices together after my wife’s stroke
With her own voice changed by the stroke, she wanted to hear the Bible spoken aloud by her husband.
Jesus doesn’t explain suffering
He faces it.
We should celebrate the “death day” of our baptism each year
Baptism is about dying with Christ. Why don't more churches talk about this?
Jesus wept. Why?
Maybe Jesus’ tears at Bethany come from more than grief.
Keep Jesus weird
It's no surprise that Nicodemus goes home befuddled. If discipleship doesn't come with some confusion, it probably isn't Jesus you're following.
Remembering Will Campbell
Campbell got into trouble in lots of different ways. As a seminarian, I was particularly impressed that he dared to drink whiskey with the Klan.
New life without parole: Ministry behind bars
When I met Jonah I noticed two things: he was wracked with overwhelming guilt and very much wanted to die, and he knew the Bible.
Moving down in the world: Called to a smaller place
Recently I was called from a larger church to a smaller church. It's not the usual order of things.
Eventual grace: The long path to reconciliation
Like Jacob and Esau, my mother and my aunt met each other one day after 20 years of estrangement.
Jeremiah's vexing task
The thing about serving as a prophet is that you are forever stuck between what God wants and what the people want.
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Growing Christians: A four-stage catechism
I can see it in their eyes. It's orientation night for those who are considering our church's catechumenal process. You want me to do all that?
How Jesus shares the peace: John 20:19-31
The disciples are afraid, so they lock their doors. I do the same.
Ever coming toward us: John 20:1-18
In his collection of poems titled After the Lost War, Andrew Hudgins chronicles the life of a Confederate soldier during and just after the Civil War....