First Sunday after Christmas (Year 4, NL)
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John the avant-garde (John 1:6-8, 19-28)
John the Baptist had no chance at being ordinary—but he takes his outlier status to new heights all on his own.
December 17, Advent 3 (John 1:6–8, 19–28)
In the wilderness, trying to find joy can be like trying to make a fire with wet matches.
The eerie call of John the Baptist
His followers realized there was no quick exit from the discomfort of his words.
Jesus is the question
He might be the answer, too. But he doesn’t offer much in the way of tweetable platitudes.
January 15, Epiphany 2A (John 1:29-42)
What are you looking for? It’s a good question, maybe the only question.
Questions about seeing (Epiphany 2A, John 1:29-42)
"Look!" says John. "Come and see," says Jesus.
January 19, Epiphany 2A (John 1:29–42)
What do we do when we read a story where the ending is already known?
December 17, Advent 3B (John 1:6-8, 19-28; Isa. 61:1-4, 8-11; 1 Thess. 5:16-24)
Like John the Baptist, progressive Christians tend to define ourselves in the negative.
A church for disciples (John 1:29–42)
So often the call to discipleship slides into becoming a call to church membership.
Preaching epiphanies
The story of Jesus, at least the way John tells it, begins unspectacularly. “There was a man sent by God, and his name was John.” What does John do for a living? He is a preacher. We can’t get to Jesus without going through a witness, no epiphany without preaching.
Sunday, August 19, 2012: John 6:51-58
Perhaps we should not be too hard on the people who ate their fill on the mountain and chased Jesus down on the other side.
Forgiveness in worship
I am among those called to lead people in confessing sin and announcing God's forgiveness in the Sunday liturgy, an essential action never altogether free from the threat of routinized going-through-the-motions. This action is anything but routine, however, when it occurs in the setting I described in my lectionary column for the Century on this week's Gospel lesson.