A new book from former saint ben’s member Chris Holmes

Colleen Peters reflects on Advent expectation and the challenge of pain

Sermon on Deuteronomy 34.1-12 A note from Jamie Howison: This sermon includes something of a landmark quote from the final speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. Audio of that speech is included in this post, and I’d highly recommend you

A Sermon on Matthew 22:15-22 I n our cultural context, conversations about money tend often to be awkward, and even more so when that “conversation” comes in the shape of a sermon. Money is a hot button topic, but this

A Sermon on Matthew 22.1-14 I ’m not sure if you arrived here tonight expecting a Thanksgiving service, with scripture readings emphasizing the bounty of the harvest, God’s goodness, and a general spirit of thankfulness; if you did, the two

A report by Corinne Plett “W e’re turning this place into a camp!”  Those words started it all. As a family we enjoy many sports including climbing and mountain biking.  So when we moved to the country a number of

A sermon on Matthew 18:15-20 F irst of all, a bit of an apology. The way the lectionary cycle of readings is set up, the next several weeks are going present this preacher with a serious conundrum. Week after week,

A Sermon on Exodus 3:1-15 A few back weeks back when I was winding up a series of sermons based in Paul’s epistle to the Romans, I made the observation that as a preacher I tend to be drawn to

A sermon on Romans 10.5-15 L arry Campbell claims that in the church in which he grew up, his Baptist pastor preached on the Epistle to the Romans for eight consecutive years; eight years. The very idea simply boggles my mind.

A sermon on Romans 9:1-5 A s was the case a couple of weeks ago, with the forecast suggesting that this was going to be a hot and humid night, I decided to craft a slightly shorter sermon than usual… Oh