James Howell's Weekly Preaching Notions

     Acts 8:26-40 is a spectacular text, of high drama, portraying the excluded one being included, and the simple power of the Scripture s...

      I love preaching on Psalm 23 , and I love having our people recite it aloud, together, almost by heart. I’m not sure I can improve upo...

    1 John 1:1-2:2 is (to me) underrated, as it’s one of the truly remarkable passages in all of Scripture. A high-minded yet utterly reali...

   How do we get Easter to feel like a season, not just a day? We can invite our people to live into the earliest days of the church, the co...

     For me, preaching Easter Sunday is tough, frustrating. Pre-Covid, we had mobs of people, most of whom I don’t know, or vaguely know, fo...

      My daughter’s birthday falls on Good Friday. When I pointed this out to her, she said Oh, cool! We Howells love Good Friday, from the ...

    How quirky, Maundy Thursday falling on April Fools’ Day! The disciples must have had moments of feeling foolish. Their teacher insists o...