Tag: lazarus

  • Preaching Paths 28 September 2025 Proper 21C

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Some parables are challenging to preach because their meaning is so elusive. Others, like the one before us today (Luke 16:19-31), are challenging because their meaning is all too bluntly obvious. Unique to Luke, this parable contrasts a lavishly wealthy man and Lazarus, the diseased beggar who…

  • 6th April 2025, 5th Sunday in Lent

    John 12:1-8 Mary anoints Jesus for his burial 12:1Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 12:2There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him. 12:3Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of…

  • Preaching Paths 6 April 2025 Lent 6C

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Anointing honored guests as a sign of hospitality and respect is found in ancient Egyptian and Greek sources, as well as the New Testament. Each of the four gospels includes a scene in which a woman anoints Jesus with scented oil at a dinner where he is…