Simon fishes all night for nothing, a carpenter tells him where to put the nets, and the catch nearly sinks two boats. His first response is to ask Jesus to…
Dr. James Smith III preaches the angel’s announcement as the answer to why Jesus came. The shepherds are not told to feel better; they are told something has happened, in…
Two young readers open Youth Sunday with the hardest sentences in the Gospels. Harry Wilson watches the smiles turn to frowns, preaches it with his own mother and grandparents in…
The son rehearses a speech asking to be hired as a servant, and never gets to finish it. Dr. James Smith III preaches the prodigal son on Father’s Day, on…
Luke 8:40-56, brought by neurosurgeon Dr. David Levy — Jairus' daughter and the woman who touched the hem, from someone who prays with his patients before surgery.
Easter Sunday in Luke 24, with greetings carried down the hill to a woman near a hundred who taught and led in the city schools and still has students call…