Some of you have spent the week freezing in the polar vortex, others of you in a heat wave that has sent snakes scurrying for the coolness of the toilet…it seems a week of extremes across the globe! Sunday comes regardless of the weather, though, so here we are…in the NL we have Jesus teaching… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: A better way edition
Do you long for the kind of world outlined in our Lectionary texts this week? A world where the hungry are fed, the naked are clothed, the prisoners freed…? And where blessedness has a whole different set of metrics? The Revised Common Lectionary offers us a variety of alternative realities from the kind of world… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: What did you hear?
I am in Chicago at the seminary that I graduated from with an M.Div nearly 20 years ago, attending a class lead by Eric Law on Diversity and Context – diversity in congregations. I am with a group of M.Div student and D.Min students, along with a parishioner of mine, my curate, and me –… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Baptism Edition
It’s Baptism of the Lord Sunday in liturgical traditions, which means that some of us are incorporating a renewal of baptismal vows, some of us celebrating an actual baptism, some of us remembering baptism in another way, and some of us doing something different altogether. Whatever your plans for Sunday, welcome to the 11th Hour… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: big boat edition
Hi friends! I write this from sunny Miami, as I’m not preaching this Sunday, but rather heading out on our Big Event with the Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney leading us in learning about womenanist midrash. For those of you in the pulpit this week, what are you working on? How are you approaching the excitement… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Year End Closeout!
Welcome to the preacher party! My internet has been down the last few days, so this post is brought to you by my cell phone’s hotspot. Have you been a part of the internet outage across the US? I’ve tried to take advantage of my forced offline status, reading a book I got for Christmas,… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party:It’s a boy! Edition
I’ve just enjoyed a winter solstice party where we crafted lights for the darkness. I know that some of you are experiencing the summer solstice. Wherever you are in our global community, together, we prepare to welcome the Christ child again. How are your plans coming along? What does your to-do list look like this… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Bearing Worthy Fruits
I’ve been reading Fleming Rutledge’s book, “Advent” and finding it provocative. Rutledge is an Episcopal priest with a theology that falls into the Calvinist vein, she argues that there is nothing we human’s can do, only God can bring forth transformation. She writes that Advent is the season that points the church toward the second… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Advent Sunday of Peace
It’s the Sunday of Peace, except for my to-do list and calendar, which are not comporting themselves very peacefully. Yours? Regardless, onward we go to proclaim the good news. Revised Common Lectionary preachers can find a helpful post here, and Narrative Lectionary preachers, here. Maybe it’s cantata Sunday, or children’s pageant Sunday, or sermon-series-that-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time Sunday… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: here comes Advent!
Ready or not, here it comes! The first Sunday of advent is upon us. Whether you are following the RCL with its apocalyptic Advent 1, the Narrarive Lectionary with the lesser-known Habakkuk who somehow manages to speak right into current events, or a series of your own making, now is the time! Bring your ideas,… Read More
