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Consequences of a prank
When the vandals took Art’s gnome, they took his joy.
Jesus enacts the very things we humans have been unable to enact on our own.
by Winn Collier
The thing Peter needs is right there in front of him.
March 31, Lent 4C (Luke 15:1–3, 11b–32)
What if we are the Pharisees?
Death is inevitable for the living. It’s also a requisite for that which is yet to live.
March 24, Lent 3C (Luke 13:1-9)
Are we the gardener? Or the fig tree?
Jesus comes to a level place to bring the kingdom of God to all those who are gathered.
Jesus comes to a level place to bring the kingdom of God to all those who are gathered.
March 17, Lent 2C (Luke 13:31-35)
Prophecy is a job not for the comfortable but for the afflicted.
As if fishing for people sounds any easier.
What’s up with Luke’s assertive Jesus?
It’s time to rethink our assumptions about where theological education happens
Until 1565, the local church was also the seminary.
It’s time to rethink our assumptions about where theological education happens
Until 1565, the local church was also the seminary.
Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons
As a homiletics professor, I would be inclined to give Jesus a passing grade, and not just because he is Jesus.
March 3, Transfiguration C (Exodus 34:29–35; Luke 9:28–43a; 2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2)
Jesus’ transfiguration should have implications for how its witnesses will live.
February 24, Epiphany 7C (Genesis 45:3–11, 15; Luke 6:27–38)
What if I’m the cheek-slapper, the thief, the opportunist?
February 24, Epiphany 7C (Genesis 45:3–11, 15; Luke 6:27–38)
What if I’m the cheek-slapper, the thief, the opportunist?