Sermon starters

Article Sermon Starter: Easter Sunday
- By Susan Brown
- Posted on April 10th, 2011
Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-18 In the beginning. These are, arguably, the best known words in the Bible. “In the…
Article Sermon: Named and Claimed
- By J. Michael Lowry
- Posted on March 7th, 2011
Scripture: John 20:1-18 We have all walked “tomb-ward” like Mary, on a morning of defeat or despair or deep grief. Pick up the daily paper. Evidence that evil is…
Article Jesus' Mother
- By Michael Williams
- Posted on February 23rd, 2011
"When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, Woman, here is your son.' Then he said to the disciple, 'Here is your…
Article Sermon Starter for Ash Wednesday: Blood and Dust
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on January 14th, 2011
Last Ash Wednesday, I gave blood for the first time since before becoming pregnant with my daughter almost two years earlier. My father and his mother are/were big blood donors…
Article The Second Bread: A Story of Sacramental Mystery
- By James A. Campbell
- Posted on January 6th, 2011
The worst of times. People were eating their dogs. Children were fainting in school. Fuel for heating was gone. Makeshift stoves consumed wood torn from buildings. The Chukotka…
Article Sermon for When a Child Dies
- By Cynthia Danals
- Posted on January 5th, 2011
Death comes unexpectedly to a member of your community—an accident, a suicide, or an illness. Family and friends need to sense God's compassion in the midst of their grief…