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“He said this openly.” No wonder Peter responded as he did. Rebuke seems appropriate when you are [...]

The temptation of Jesus in the wilderness, always the first Sunday of Lent, is an unnervingly muted [...]

Yes, Jesus. It is good to be here. Isn’t this just the right summary of the Transfiguration? [...]

I’ve had a persistent problem with this passage. First blush was always suspicion and resentment. I mean, [...]

“They kept on asking each other, what is this? A new teaching?” There’s the rub of the [...]

This past week, I had an appointment with my therapist whom I had not seen in eight [...]

If you are a regular listener of Sermon Brainwave, you have come to expect that my co-hosts [...]

Every three years, when Year B rolls around in the lectionary, my podcast co-hosts and I inevitably [...]

Then Simeon blessed Mary and said, among other things, “your child is destined to be a sign [...]