Encountering Matthew I know, I know, our congregations don’t want doctrinal preaching, theologically heavy sermons, and lectures on church dogma. But do they need preaching… read more

Encountering Matthew Our Gospel takes place at the very end of the Gospel of Matthew. This year we have been living with Matthew, Year A in the Lectionary. We have tried to keep… read more

Encountering John We have been working through the Gospel of John in the Sundays of Easter and today, here on Pentecost, our gospel is again from John. Undoubtedly The Revised… read more

Encountering Proverbs The world we live in is a good, orderly place. Yet today’s lesson from Proverbs doesn’t express the meaning of the world in that way. Rather… read more

  Encountering Luke Whatever we have to say about today’s text, the Transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain, can we all agree that it is a very strange, very… read more

Encountering John In John’s third chapter, we have the memorable encounter of Jesus and Nicodemus, the episode that is the gospel on Trinity Sunday. In Jesus’… read more