James Howell's Weekly Preaching Notions

      Preaching Easter is – easy? or hard? The message seems obvious – but is it? Surely it’s not as simplistic as We get to go to heaven! O...

     I’ll preach on Good Friday, although “preach” is too strong a word. “Homily” is even too grandiose. I’ll simply meditate, and briefly –...

   Maundy Thursday, such a lovely night. I can't talk long, for they come, not for the sermon, but for the tangible experience, the bodi...

   Genesis 15:1-18 . Some preaching moral in this: Abraham is promised he’ll be the ancestor of a multitude. Having no children, he adopts E...

      Transfiguration is such a cool Sunday people don’t expect ever to happen. It’s about God, not us, our needs, our faith, our serving, o...

      We could say our 3 texts work in reverse – although who’d dare to preach on all 3? The Gospel shares the words of the one who articula...