James Howell's Weekly Preaching Notions

Saturday, January 22, 2022

What can we say May 7? Easter 5

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      Acts 7:55-60 narrates the drama of the first Christian martyr – killed not because of radical prophetic chatter but because of his si...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

What can we say April 2? Palm Sunday

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      Palm Sunday. We’ve made it cute, fun, breezy, optimistic – and a good bit of that was in the air when Jesus entered Jerusalem. There i...
Friday, January 14, 2022

What can we say March 26? Lent 5

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      Psalm 130 strikes me as lovely timing-wise. It’s one of the Church’s historic “Seven Penitential Psalms,” so fitting for Lent. People...
Friday, January 7, 2022

What can we say February 12? 6th after Epiphany

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      Deuteronomy 30:15-20 strikes me as promising homiletically. I recall learning in school that Deuteronomy was a kind of “preaching” to...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

What can we say January 29? 4th after Epiphany

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     Before turning to our texts, I think it’s worth sharing with you an encouraging word for preachers from Michael Knowles’s rumination on...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

What can we say December 4? Advent 2

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    Beyond this week's texts, check out my " God Became Small: Preaching Advent " blog with thoughts on how to preach this pec...
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James C. Howell
I’m pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC, and I also teach preaching and ministry at Duke Divinity School as an adjunct. I write regular inspirational/ educational pieces you’ll find here, reviews of books pertinent to faith today and ministry, and I love to be part of conversations about life with God and in the world among Christians and clergy. Lots more on my web site, www.revjameshowell.com
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