Encountering the text: An earlier version of the lectionary used to separate Jesus’s rejection by the folks in his hometown and his family from his sending forth of the… read more

Pulpit Resource offers you aid in beginning the preparation of your sermon but it’s up to you, in your own way, in your specific context, to present the sermon. Sermons are… read more

Encountering the text: For this week’s Gospel, we have a portion from a complex and multifaceted drama. The first act, Jesus appoints The Twelve (Mark 3:13-19).  Jesus… read more

Encountering the text: Last Sunday we focused on the parable of the seed growing secretly. The kingdom is hidden, secret, and inexplicable, but the kingdom is coming, the seed… read more

Encountering the text: We’ve affirmed that the good shepherd is "my" shepherd, so much so that nothing is lacked in life, that the shepherd actively leads us beside pleasant … read more

Encountering the text:  For the next three Sundays in Easter, I’m proposing a plan that is a bit different for us in Pulpit Resource. I propose that we do a… read more