Thomas R. Steagald
All things to all people
Paul writes elsewhere that we are each given different gifts for ministry. Here he says that he, at least, does it all.
Sensing Jesus' authority
We preach these stories so often that sometimes it's the unexpected that keeps us going. It's especially apt when some new nuance blazes up into our awareness during the season of Epiphany.
...The greatest of these is being right
When it comes to fierce theological debate—excommunicating, eternity-in-the-balance doctrinal warfare—neither the ecumenical councils nor those unpleasant doings in Geneva have anything on my local...
The piece of Christ
The prevailing topic of conversation at my mother's retirement home is the food: the menu, the cooks and—not least—the order in which people are served....
Let's back up
"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you were baptized?" Paul asks the believers in Ephesus.
"Uh, what's the Holy Spirit?" they reply.
If you are Paul, what do you ask now?
...Flesh made word
"The Gospel doesn't just contain ideas worth remembering," says Henri Nouwen in Reaching O...
Blogging toward Christmas
Those of you who are preachers: are you working on your Sunday sermon yet? We didn't think so....