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Edgar Moore: The limits of ordinary vision
The church emphasizes Lent as a time of penitence and self-reflection because it has inherited from John the conviction that perceiving the in-breaking of the kingdom in the midst of the ordinary is foundational to its proclamation of the gospel.
Noelle York-Simmons: Our hands tell our stories
An Episcopal priest calls this “the sermon that started it all.” After preaching this sermon on Maundy Thursday in 2010, she began her journey to photograph people’s hands as they receive communion.
Christi O. Brown: Called to build
The Lord calls us to build -- even when what we’re building pales in comparison to former glory, and even when everyday life threatens to distract us from the task.
Michael Pasquarello: An impossibly pregnant church
Like Mary, we have been called to be fertile, to be a church from which the Spirit brings forth much fruitfulness and life, says the professor of preaching at Asbury Theological Seminary.
Nancy S. Taylor: Magnify
Mary’s Song is a reminder to all Christians that in saying yes to God, Mary also said no to all that is ungodly, says the senior minister and CEO of Old South Church in Boston.
Edgar Moore: Struggling out of the valley of shadows
After helping a woman step back from the brink of suicide, a pastor realizes that it was his own journey in grief that had prepared him to offer her the path to redemption.
Jason Byassee: Scattering seeds
What wild, unexpected seeds might you be holding in your hands? In the parable of the sower, the planter flings seeds everywhere, without regard for where they land. What kinds of ministry spring up when Christians pursue innovative ideas, however unlikely they may be?
