The storming of the Capitol building on January 6th and the heated and hateful rhetoric expressed over these last days and years from all corners has pushed biblically-grounded pastors into a tough ...
I had acted innocently enough. Summer was approaching, and I was in need of fresh sermon ideas. So I prepared a bulletin insert asking for suggested texts or topics. The first one in sizzled like a ...
WTVF-NASHVILLE — William Brosend is Professor of New Testament and Preaching for the School of Theology at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He joins Ben Hall to discuss his book, ...
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 ...
My clergy colleagues — whether Jewish or Christian, and probably Muslim as well – all tell me that they have a problem.. They want to speak the truth, as they see it, about the current political ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. "It's a writer's job to tell the truth," John Updike once said in an interview. I think one might say the same thing about ...
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.
A prominent Catholic media expert has called on Catholics to become "modern missionaries" by "proclaiming truth and the Good News" through the media armed with both "knowledge and commitment." They ...
As a fellow religious leader in Pasadena, I want to express my deep admiration and profound gratitude to the Rev. J. Edwin Bacon Jr. for his moral courage and leadership in the face of strenuous ...
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 ...
“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 ...