Anabaptist and Quaker essays, sermons, and other writings
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying […]
The third Sunday in Advent is Gaudete Sunday, or Rejoicing Sunday, and the lectionary scriptures all proclaim the joy of God’s work in the world. And yet, beloved church, I have to tell you, I was having a hard time accessing some joy to preach about. It’s been a very […]
The author has requested a link be provided to the Langston Hughes poem “Let America be America Again.” Please consider meditating on the poem before reading the sermon below. Thank you. Let’s start off by each answering one question, just for ourselves: How far back are “the good old days” […]
The following sermon was originally published online by The Patchwork Pietist and is featured here, unedited, with permission. A sermon for the second Sunday of Advent Preached at Timbercrest Retirement Community (Luke 1 : 5-25, 57-80) Zechariah could not remember clearly the first day he held these objects, the first […]
This week, we take a break from our four-part series, “The Bible As…” by Jon Prater, to welcome a new writer to the Brethren Life & Thought Blog as Elizabeth Murray, of Anderson University, shares her insightful Advent reflections. In this Advent season of waiting, I find myself meditating on […]