We mostly preach sermons of comfort at funerals, dabbing at the tears with the Scripture's promises of heaven for the believer and help for the sorrowing. We preach Comfort (capital C) after great ...

In a way, I guess, all of us could be somewhat frustrated with today's Gospel. Yes it's true, really, the gift of creation is sufficient to take care of all of us. God has fashioned a world, a ...

You cannot serve two masters at the same time. You will hate one and love the other, or you will be loyal to one and not care ...

Read sermons from additional speakers provided to TIME by the Festival. Grace to you and peace in the name of the one God who comes in more than one way. I am glad to be with you on day two of the ...

God is great, he’s at the center of reality, so focus your life on him. Back in the 1960s the mayor of the city of Chicago was Richard Daley. He was famous for a number of things, most notably for ...

On the Monday after preaching, as I think about what all of those words are doing now that they’re out in the world, my mind wanders to a scene from Marilynne Robinson’s novel Lila. The title ...

Christian believers are called to “remember their dignity” and to seek and always to live the abundant life offered in Jesus Christ. Admittedly, this is a tall order. What person has always honored ...

LAS VEGAS (RNS) — At worship this weekend, people of different faiths sought solace and answers to a question that may be unanswerable: why the mass shooting happened. LAS VEGAS (RNS) — The title of ...

Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century abbess and mystic, wrote nearly 80 songs and sang them too, despite claiming never to have received formal instruction in music or composition—or, for that matter, ...

A newly-resurfaced video shows Rev. Raphael Warnock defending Rev. Jeremiah Wright's controversial "God Damn America" sermon, arguing that it was "Christian preaching at its best." "Jeremiah Wright, ...