Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: Easter (Matthew 28:1-10)
Next Sunday we will celebrate Easter. Here is some commentary by Frederick Buechner from this week’s reading from Matthew 28:1-10...
Frederick Buechner's Special Sermon Illustration for Good Friday (John 19:28-30)
On April 15, 2022 we will observe Good Friday. Here is a sermon illustration from Frederick Buechner based on a reading from John 19:28-30...
Frederick Buechner Special Sermon Illustration for Maundy Thursday: The Lord's Supper
On April 14, 2022 we will observe Maundy Thursday. Here is a sermon illustration from Frederick Buechner based on 1 Corinthians 11:23-26...
Nadia Bolz-Weber: Lord's Prayer (extended dance remix)
Prayer isn’t the only tool at our disposal when the world is burning, but it’s a pretty good one. Jennifer Garner asked if I would offer some prayers on her InstaLive. Here’s [the prayer] we used...
Ed Rosado: Easter: An Epistemological Rearrangement of Hope
Easter reminds us that there is hope when science has reached its limits.
Walter Brueggemann: Bonds of Affection!
The phrase “bonds of affection” has drawn my sustained attention as I watched the hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. I could think of three places in scripture where we see the “bond of affection” operating, though you might think of others as well.
Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: The Things That Make For Peace - Palm Sunday
In our blog post every Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic. Next Sunday we will celebrate Palm Sunday. Here this week’s reading from the gospel of Luke...
Gail Bach: Rattled by Doubt
We’d like to share a recent sermon by one of the Church Anew Team Members, Pastor Gail Bach, who gave this sermon on being rattled by doubt on March 13, 2022. We hope it resonates with you today.
Walter Brueggemann: Speak Truth; Do Justice
For no reason beyond my curiosity I recently read a biography of John Charles McQuaid, who was the long-running Catholic archbishop of Dublin in the mid-twentieth century, before, during, and after Vatican II.
Drew Rick-Miller: Considering Culture
Does our biology determine us, for better or for worse? Or is it culture and environment that shape us into who we are?
Matthew Fleming: Lent Devotion: Growing in Awareness
Church Anew continues its offerings of Lenten devotionals with the latest from Matthew Fleming.
Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: Tears (Psalm 126:5-6)
In our blog post each Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic. Next Sunday we will celebrate the Fifth Sunday in Lent. Here is this week’s reading from Psalm 126...
Bishop Michael Curry: Give Me Jesus! (Welcome Back To A Crazy World)
The following is a transcript of the sermon of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church, meeting in retreat at Camp Allen, Navasota, Texas, through March 21. These remarks have been lightly edited for clarity.
Will Willimon: How to Listen to a Sermon
Good preachers must have well-tuned ears; we’re able to preach only what we have been enabled to hear. Just like you listeners, preachers are Christian on the basis of news we have heard.
Leonora Tubbs Tisdale: Theologizing from a Woman's Point of View
Preaching by women is not only about bringing women’s life experience into the pulpit; it is also about crafting theology through the lens of that experience and challenging theologies that do not lead to the liberation of all peoples—including women.
Margaret Marcuson: Learning about leadership from Brother Cadfael
Here are four lessons for church leadership from a surprising source: a fictional medieval monk.
Laura Jean Truman: Lent Devotion: Everyday Holiness
Spend some time this Lent meditating on Scripture with the guidance of Laura Jean Truman and Church Anew...
Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: Parables as Comedy (Luke 15:11b-32)
In our blog post each Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic. Next Sunday we will celebrate the Fourth Sunday in Lent. Here is this week’s reading from the gospel of Luke...
Walter Brueggemann: On the Way to a Peaceable Torah
Israel’s walk in the procession did not require other nations to sign on to the God of Israel. Thus Micah compromises nothing of the specificity of Israel’s faith. But that faith is not aggressive or exclusionary or preemptive, but generous in its welcome.
Jessica Gulseth: Lenten Devotion - Scripture Study as Spiritual Practice
Loving God, open the Bible to me. Reveal your love in the stories from of old. Show your character in the pages of this book that has been passed on from generation to generation. Shepherd me through studying your scriptures. Amen.