Second Sunday after Christmas (Year 4, NL)
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January 14, Epiphany 2B (John 1:43–51)
Jesus’ word of insight to Nathanael seems a lot like a carnival grift.
Jesus is the question
He might be the answer, too. But he doesn’t offer much in the way of tweetable platitudes.
by Debie Thomas
It’s not about me (John 1:29-42)
Great preaching always points to Jesus.
January 15, Epiphany 2A (John 1:29-42)
What are you looking for? It’s a good question, maybe the only question.
A blessing to the world (John 1:43-51; Epiphany 2B)
Jesus quotes the Jacob’s ladder story in Genesis.
January 17, Epiphany 2B (John 1:43–51)
The “Son of Humanity,” the “true Israelite,” and the broken places in our communities
Questions about seeing (Epiphany 2A, John 1:29-42)
"Look!" says John. "Come and see," says Jesus.
January 19, Epiphany 2A (John 1:29–42)
What do we do when we read a story where the ending is already known?
A church for disciples (John 1:29–42)
So often the call to discipleship slides into becoming a call to church membership.
What's so special about a fig tree?
One time at a women’s retreat, I was asked to tell my call story. I told this woman the whole, convoluted story—about serving as a missionary in Japan, about being restless in my work and volunteering for leadership roles in my church, about discovering old journals where I had written about my desire to study theology, about my memory of sitting in church as a teenager and hearing the pastor give the sermon and saying, “If I was a man, that is what I would want to do.” I told her that it had taken me a long time, but I finally realized that God was calling me to be a pastor.
She was not impressed.
By Diane Roth
Preaching epiphanies
The story of Jesus, at least the way John tells it, begins unspectacularly. “There was a man sent by God, and his name was John.” What does John do for a living? He is a preacher. We can’t get to Jesus without going through a witness, no epiphany without preaching.
Sunday, August 19, 2012: John 6:51-58
Perhaps we should not be too hard on the people who ate their fill on the mountain and chased Jesus down on the other side.
by Audrey West
Sunday, January 15, 2012: 1 Samuel 3:1–10, (11–20); John 1:43–51
I often feel that my whole time in ministry has been one when the word of the Lord is rare and visions not widespread.
Forgiveness in worship
I am among those called to lead people in confessing sin and announcing God's forgiveness in the Sunday liturgy, an essential action never altogether free from the threat of routinized going-through-the-motions. This action is anything but routine, however, when it occurs in the setting I described in my lectionary column for the Century on this week's Gospel lesson.