"It boils down to this: You will trust God only as much as you love him. You will love God, not because you have studied him, but because you have touched him and he has touched you. This does not mean an automatic end to all trouble in the future. Trust does not guarantee you will never again experience desolation, disappointment, or pain -- but it does mean you will never again go through it alone "
-- from the Proper 5 sermon
"How long has it been since you heard a sermon about Elijah, Elisha, Melchizedek, and Amos? It was so exciting to write from these fresh passages. How they...

Christ would like to so possess us, and cleanse us, and remake us, that everyone who sees us would say we are "new and improved."
-- from the sermon for Lent 5
Beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing through Pentecost, Barbara Brokhoff challenges Christians to consider a holy fast for the soul.
Using Scriptures from the Old Testament books and the New Testament book of Acts, this book provides seventeen sermons for use in the Common Lectionary.
Sermon titles include:
Fasting in a Fast-food World (Joel 2:1-2, 12-17a)
Healing For The Past (Joshua 5:9-12)
Fresh...