On Palm Sunday—March 19, 1989— eighty-eight people signed the charter to establish Northminster Church. Honestly, most, if not all, of...

Proverbs 1:20-22a, 7:4; Ephesians 5:15-20 A dire dearth of wisdom is creating a burgeoning crisis. Spin-doctors parlay failures into...

August 15, 2021 John 5:1-9 It was not at all like Jesus when he questioned a crippled man with words that sounded downright insensitive,...

2 Samuel 6:2-5, 12B-15, Psalm 149:1, 3 “Dancing feet and praying knees do not belong on the same legs.” I will pause if you want to...

Acts 2:42, 44-47; 1 Corinthians 1:4-13a One of the best teaching experiences in my life was at Simmons University--an African American...

On the evening of September 13, 1814, after dining with military officers on the British ship HMS Tonnant, seeking to negotiate an...

ZACH: What does one say on their last Sunday, in their last sermon before moving away from a community that has meant so much to them?...

In the center of camp, in a tent protected by ranks of the nation’s bravest, I tried, in vain, to dawn my battle armor. The problem, of...

Mark 4:21-23, 26-32 A reading from the gospel of Mark: Jesus also said to the crowd, “Would you bring in a lamp and put it under a bushel...

A reading from Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians: We have the same spirit of faith that is mentioned in the Psalms — ”I believed...

John 3:1-21 (abridged) A reading from the gospel of John: Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to...

Acts 2:1-21 A reading from the Book of Acts: When the day of Pentecost arrived, they all met in one room. Suddenly they heard what...

Acts 1:1-11 In my earlier account, Theophilus, I dealt with everything that Jesus had done and taught, 2 from the beginning until the day...

Acts 10:34-48 A reading from The Acts of the Apostles: Peter preached to Gentiles, “I begin to see how true it is that God shows no...

Acts 8:26-40 “An angel of God spoke to Philip and said, “Be ready to set out at noon along the road that goes to Gaza, the desert road.”...

1 John 3:16-24 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ died for us. And we, too, ought to lay down our lives for our sisters and...

Scripture “While they were still talking about this, Jesus actually stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” In their...

John 20:19-31 In the evening of the day of the resurrection, the first day of the week, the doors were locked in the room where the...

Mark 16:1-8 When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought perfumed oils so that they could...

Mark 11:1-11 A reading from the Gospel of Mark: When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives,...