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October 2020

October 18, 2020

“Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God” (Matthew 22:15–22)

In 1966, as an American prisoner of war in North Vietnam, Naval Officer Jeremiah Denton...

June 2019

June 05, 2019

Reconciliation: A Jubilee Sermon (Luke 12:54–59)

Last year the church where I serve as teaching pastor, Keller Park Church (South Bend, Indiana), celebrated...

May 2019

May 12, 2019

“You gave birth to the whole world”: A Mother’s Day Sermon (John 10:22–30)

When I was a kid, I lived in a neighborhood with a bunch of other...

May 06, 2019

“Do you love me? . . . Then take care of my sheep” (John 21:1–19)

In 1984, Alberta Billy, an Aboriginal member of the United Church of Canada, or UCC,...

April 2019

April 25, 2019

Repentance: A Jubilee Sermon (Luke 3:1–20)

Last year the church where I serve as teaching pastor, Keller Park Church (South Bend, Indiana), celebrated...

April 15, 2019

“The Way to Peace”: A Palm Sunday Homily (Luke 19:28–44)

Palm Sunday is one of those Sundays you look forward to as a kid. The...

April 08, 2019

“You will always have the poor among you” (John 12:1–8)

In the winter of 1995, a group of homeless families in Philadelphia took a dramatic...

April 02, 2019

“We must celebrate with a feast”: A Lenten Sermon (Luke 15:11–32)

In the case of the Prodigal Son parable, I’m on Team Big Brother. Across the...

March 2019

March 21, 2019

“Go tell that fox!”: A Lenten Sermon (Luke 13:31–35)

In 2008, Houston-area mega-church pastor Kerry Shook and his wife and mission’s director Chris published...

March 12, 2019

Tempted by the Devil: A Lent Sermon (Luke 4:1–13)

This weekend, after three years of regular bedtime readings, my 9-year-old and I finally finished...

March 07, 2019

Lisa Sharon Harper on the Very Good Gospel

Last weekend I had the good fortune of hearing Lisa Sharon Harper speak in South...

February 2019

February 22, 2019

Recovery: A Jubilee Sermon (Luke 18:31–43)

Last year the church where I serve as teaching pastor, Keller Park Church (South Bend, Indiana), celebrated...

February 15, 2019

Remembrance: A Jubilee Sermon (Luke 22:14–20)

Last year the church where I serve as teaching pastor, Keller Park Church (South Bend, Indiana), celebrated...

February 07, 2019

Rest-oration: A Jubilee Sermon (Luke 6:1–11)

Last year the church where I serve as teaching pastor, Keller Park Church (South Bend, Indiana), celebrated...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Release: A Jubilee Sermon (Luke 8:26–39)

Last year the church where I serve as teaching pastor, Keller Park Church (South Bend, Indiana), celebrated...

January 24, 2019

Revolution: A Jubilee Sermon (Luke 4:14–30)

Last year the church where I serve as teaching pastor, Keller Park Church (South Bend, Indiana),...

January 17, 2019

Diversity and the Gospel: A Chapel Sermon

Lately there’s been debate among old white male pastors like me about whether diversity is...

January 05, 2019

Saturday Sermon: Come and See! (John 1:43–51)

On the church calendar the season after Christmas is called Epiphany. “Epiphany” is not a...