This article is the first in new ongoing series where we will offer a short reflection on a lectionary reading for the coming Sunday. These reflections will use Paul Scott… read more

Encountering the text:Here we are on the first Sunday of Lent, and once again we encounter the temptation of Christ. For this familiar narrative to speak anew to us, it may be… read more

Preachers beware: Prophetic judgment begins with God’s own house (1 Pet 4:17), focusing first upon those of us who are commissioned by the church to do the talking. While… read more

Genesis 28:10-19a; Psalm 139: 1-12, 23-2; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Jacob’s father sent him to Paddan Aram to find a wife.  This may seem extraordinary… read more

Encountering the text: Because the RCL’s Alternate First Lesson gives us a series of readings this fall from the Exodus, some of you have chosen to do a sermon series from… read more

Encountering the text: In my view, Romans 8, this Sunday’s assigned epistle lesson, is one of the most essential, revealing, and ultimately comforting passages in all of… read more