Sermons

Last week I began my sermon by relaying a piece of advice from my homiletics professor about preaching on John. That advice, in a word, was, “Don't.” One commentator on John writes,...

When I was in seminary, my homiletics professor had this piece of advice when it came to preaching on the Gospel of John: Don't. But then you get to days like today and run into texts with...

Today we hear the story of Jesus rampaging through the temple at a time close to the Passover. Today we hear the story when Jesus, filled with righteous anger, destroyed or damaged the property of...

Today's gospel passage comes at approximately the halfway point of Mark. There are sixteen chapters in that gospel, and today's passages comes from the end of Chapter 8. Now you might be tempted to...

There are a few days on the Church calendar when we get the same reading every year: Christmas and the first Sunday after Christmas, Epiphany, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week and the second Sunday of...