Sunday’s Coming
The crowd on the plain (Luke 6:20–31)
Jesus' sermon in Luke 6 is first and foremost about the people gathered.
Who is justified? (Luke 18:9–14)
This Reformation Day, I'm preaching the Gospel text from the lectionary.
Unsympathetic characters (Luke 18:1–8)
This is a troubling parable.
Ordinary people (2 Kings 5:1–3, 7–15c)
In 2 Kings 5, the VIP characters aren't the ones who make a difference.
Waiting for vindication (Habakkuk 1:1–4; 2:1–4)
God's answer to Habakkuk? Wait.
Some family business (Amos 6:1a, 4–7)
Amos has some concerns.
Money in our hearts (Luke 16:1-13; Amos 8:4-7)
Jesus has a zeal against the human willingness to turn wealth into an idol.
Losing and being lost (Luke 15:1-10)
It's complicated to lose things.
Did Jesus really say that? (Luke 14:25-33)
Surely he didn't mean I have to give up my books.
Aiming high and falling low (Proverbs 25:6-7; Luke 14:1, 7-14)
Proverbs warns us against the culture of self-aggrandizement.
Dignity and rest (Isaiah 58:9b-14)
Isaiah’s two challenges go hand in hand.
Changing together (Luke 12:49-56; Jeremiah 23:23-29)
What questions arise if we take Jesus' warning literally?
Changed by something radically other (Luke 12:32-40)
Can we allow Jesus’ metaphors into our imagination?
From “raised with Christ” to “subject to your husbands” (Colossians 3:1-11)
How would the women of Colossae have responded to chapter 3?
Walk in Christ (Colossians 2:6-15)
In Paul's letters, the command to walk is moral exhortation.
Putting ourselves in Martha, Mary, and Jesus’ shoes (Luke 10:38-42)
This is a story some of us need to hear in a new way.
Are we Good Samaritans? (Luke 10:25-37)
We are trained to see ourselves as the hero.
The weariness and the harvest (Galatians 6:[1-6], 7-16)
It is easy to become weary after another officer-involved shooting of a young black man.
Saving your life, saving the world (1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21)
The most interesting part of "Avengers: Endgame" is the theme of salvation.
Reading Paul through Paul (Galatians 3:23-29)
Galatians 3 does not sound like something that could be constrained by pragmatism elsewhere.