Easter Day (Year A, RCL)

Here are some gems from the Jeremiah reading for Sunday.

In six short verses, Jeremiah makes sermon illustrations of three different exile stories.

The bewilderment of the women at the tomb gives way to a hope that overturns power, shame, and death itself.

Witness is an act of trust in a God who sends us to see and tell of all the things God is doing.

As I pressed my sermon’s pages across the book’s valley, I couldn’t keep them from sliding into the groove.

Churches tend to equate the notion of inclusion with hospitality. Peter and Cornelius suggest a more nuanced definition.

What was I doing in his vision?

In a world where we aren’t trusted, Mary’s encounter with the risen Jesus is an act of solidarity.

Pastors face intense challenges—though not necessarily unique ones.

Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.

The Bible offers conflicting answers.

Christ’s invitation to new life is almost always unfamiliar and surprising, even disconcerting.

In recent years, I’ve become somewhat of an Easter Grinch.

Mary has no hand to clutch or shoulder to lean on.

It’s hard to believe in an enchanted world.

Usually it takes courage to preach Good Friday. This year, it will take courage to proclaim “He is risen!” on Easter morning.