susan mcgurganMar 21, 202320 minLent 5 A ~ John 11:1-45 Exegesis, Homiletic Reflection & Strategies ~ Rev. Richard EslingerOnce again, John is faithful to the literary structure of a sign narrative. By now we expect some sort of need or lack to be stated at...
susan mcgurganMar 14, 202315 minLent 4 A ~ John 9:1-41 Exegesis, Homiletic Reflection & Strategies ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger With the arrival of the Fourth Sunday in Lent, we encounter a Johannine sign for the first time in our forty day journey. Therefore, it...
susan mcgurganMar 8, 202314 minLent 3 A ~ John 4:5-42 Exegesis, Homiletic Reflection & Strategies ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger This profound and detailed story follows upon a sequence of events that function in differing ways to shape the reader’s expectations as...
susan mcgurganMar 1, 20233 minThe Multiple Feasts of the Transfiguration This article was researched by Kendall McCabe for Rev. Richard Eslinger's Commentary on Lent, Year A, in the New Proclamation series,...