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The Visitation
“In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country…” Luke 1.39 Her hands kept shaking even after he departed from her. She gasped and only then realized...
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What You Can Give God This Christmas: Do Not Be Afraid
When God calls Abram out of obscurity in order to unfurl his plan of redemption, to gather a People who will undo what Adam did, God’s first admonishes Abram to ‘not be afraid.’ For God’s People, not...
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“Awaiting the Messiah with Jason Micheli”
No, the title isn’t an appeal to my ego. The Home-Brewed Christianity #LectioCast was kind enough to invite me as a guest for the next two weeks to talk about my new book, Cancer is Funny, and discuss...
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A Sermon for Every Sunday
Jim Somerville, the pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church, founded A Sermon for Every Sunday a couple of years ago with David Powers, President of Belltower Pictures (check out Shooting the...
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“Waiting for the Messiah with Jason Micheli: Part Deux”
The Home-Brewed Christianity #LectioCast was kind enough to invite me as a guest for the next two weeks to talk about my new book, Cancer is Funny, and discuss the Advent lectionary readings. Hosted by...
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The Hairy Mole in the Manger
For this weekend’s sermon, I decided to preach an ‘old’ sermon to coincide with the launch of my new book. This was actually the last sermon I preached before cancer whisked me away from the pulpit...
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The Incarnation Isn’t Accidental
When we say that Jesus comes in order to suffer for our Sin- that he’s born to die- we suggest that suggest that Jesus might not have come. The incarnation then is ‘accidental’ in the way the...
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At-onement Apart from the Cross
At-One-Ment It was the Council of Chalcedon in the mid-5th century that hammered out the Christology (‘speech about Christ’) that became orthodox for Christians everywhere. According to the Chalcedon...
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Episodes 60 & 61: Advent & Standing Rock
We never tire of working for you at Crackers & Grape Juice, and before you complain about the audio quality in #60 just remember we do this for you gratis in our spare time. We’ve got two episodes...
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You ARE Worthy of Salvation
When it comes to Christ’s cradle and cross, we typically use words like ‘goodness’ and ‘worthiness’ in a very specific way. In a very particular direction. Jesus is the (only) one who is good. Jesus...
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Episode 65: Fridays with Fleming – Preaching in a Post-Truth Culture
In Episode 65, our latest installment of Fridays with Fleming, I talk with Fleming Rutledge about the message of Advent and preaching the word of Truth in a post-truth culture. Just a reminder: The...
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Rags for Riches
First Sunday in Advent – Isaiah 64.1-6 Due to heavily sourced and corroborated claims of misconduct, the role of Santa Claus this Christmas will be played by Christopher Plummer. Just kidding. But...
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Sin Isn’t Our Only Problem: Christmas Without the Cross
It was the Council of Chalcedon in the mid-5th century that hammered out the Christology (‘speech about Christ’) that became orthodox for Christians everywhere. According to the Chalcedon formula, the...
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I am the Highway, the Truth, and the Life
Second Sunday of Advent – Isaiah 40.1-11 We listen to a lot of music in my house. Even though I can’t carry a tune, strum a chord or eyeball a flat from a sharp, that doesn’t stop me from being a...
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A Waste of Wood
It’s just a few bricks shy of brimstone- my 3rd Sunday of Advent sermon on Isaiah 61. I spent one Advent a few years ago in Guatemala with a mission team from Aldersgate, in a poor community near the...
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Keep the Cross in Christmas
Where is the promised peace? Should we preach political sermons on Christmas Eve? Why does the victory feel so fragile? When was the last time we trembled in church? Our special guest and my former...
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Hearing the News from Mary’s Vantage
Save a fanciful excursus on the magi that disappeared forever when my son sucked on the thumb drive, this narrative on the annunciation remains my least popular most hated sermon ever. I like it very...
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Linus was Wrong, Tim Keller is Correct: Why Jesus Came
Elf on the Shelf and Krampus and crass consumerism are easy targets come Christmastime, but too often even overtly Christian fare misses being Gospel this season. Take the ubiquitous Charlie Brown...
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Advent: Being Present with the Absent God
My podcast posse at Crackers and Grape Juice are launching a daily devotional for the season called Advent Begins in the Dark: Reflections to Ready Us for the Not Yet. We’ve invited guest contributors...
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Christians Come First
Crackers and Grape Juice will be doing a daily devotional all through Advent and Christmas. Go to www.adventbeginsinthedark.com to subscribe. Here’s the second offering: Every year I try to remind...
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