Fifty-eight years ago, people in power condemned an Episcopal minister for addressing the president of the United States about a public policy issue during a sermon. The Rev. Cotesworth Pinckney Lewis ...

“If you remain in my word. You will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 11:15). Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Jn 8:31-42 Today’s first reading from the ...

A young man approached me after I'd preached on Mark 8:34 ("If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me"). I'd quoted Bonhoeffer: "When Jesus calls a man, ...

There was a special buzz in the air at the Washington National Cathedral this past Sunday. It was the first Sunday following the sermon heard around the world, when Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde became a ...

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What kind of preaching do we need to mark the milestones of our faith—Baptism, Confirmation, marriage and funerals? In its third season, “Preach” steps beyond its usual Sunday lectionary focus to ...

Sixty or seventy years ago one who visited a number of Protestant church services might have observed that most sermons were of the expository type. But a similar visit today would very likely reveal ...

At first, I was pleased with the sermon I preached at my mother’s funeral almost two years ago. To begin with, I made it through without breaking down. I’d let myself weep a few days earlier as I was ...

Today’s passage from the fourth Gospel continues the debate between Jesus and his critics over his identity and authority. Questions about Jesus must have been critical after the destruction of ...