Preaching
Sermons, homilies, meditations, and reflections on the art of preaching.
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A tension in the Transfiguration event is how Jesus responds afterward — in decrying to the people’s faithlessness.
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People often concoct incredible scenarios to avoid dealing with the stuff Jesus is trying to say about loving the people around us.
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When talking about God’s blessing, we are necessarily confronted with the idea that we always seem to start talking about possessions.
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In the presentation of Jesus at the Temple, we may be drawn to a vision of salvation that is more metaphor than real, present, alive.
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Preaching on the preaching of Jesus requires we decide whether we are the subject or the agent or the observer and we are all three.
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In preparing to preach on the wedding at Cana story, we have several options, but always present is Jesus’s economics.