James Howell's Weekly Preaching Notions

      For years in worship planning, my musicians and clergy ask, annually, “Are we doing Palm Sunday? Or Passion Sunday?” I get it – but is...

     Maundy Thursday, one of our holiest 4 nights all year. I can’t preach long at all, for they come, not for a sermon, but for a tangible ...

      I love Good Friday, or I’m humbled by it, privileged to be in the relatively shadowy room. It’s such a quiet service, no long silences...

      I can never decide if preaching Easter Sunday is a holy, fabulous privilege, or a frustrating chore. Of course, it’s the resurrection!...

   Acts 2:14a, 22-32 . Peter’s sermon puts starch in the sails of early Christianity, with elements of castigation (“You crucified him!” – w...

      Acts 2:14a, 36-41 . From last week, now we continue Peter’s first and great Pentecost sermon. The whole thing makes me anxious. To say...

      Acts 2:42-47 . How do we preach on this (as I will do!) to gritty consumer capitalists? There most clearly is a connection between wha...