by John Sawyer | Feb 28, 2025 | Weekly Word
This past week, Amy and I took our boys to our old hometown of Macon, Georgia – the town where Amy was born and grew up, and the town where I lived on-and-off, for eighteen years (from 6th-10th grade, my college years, and my years as an Associate Pastor at...
by John Sawyer | Feb 14, 2025 | Weekly Word
Those of us from a certain “era” will likely remember celebrating Valentine’s Day at school. It all began with a shoebox. We would each bring a shoebox to school and take time in class to cover the box with construction paper, decorating it with paper hearts. And...
by John Sawyer | Feb 7, 2025 | Weekly Word
On Thursday of this week, I ran into a clergy colleague who lives in our neighborhood. It was a snow day, and I was out in the snow with my boys. When I saw my neighbor, a pastor in another denomination, my first question after greeting her was, “So, are you going to...
by John Sawyer | Jan 31, 2025 | Weekly Word
Most of the year, I tend to preach from the recommended scripture readings from the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL). As some of you may know, the RCL is a three-year cycle of scripture readings that covers most of the major (and some relatively minor) scriptural...
by John Sawyer | Jan 24, 2025 | Weekly Word
I had a conversation with someone before the 2024 election about the place of preaching when it comes to addressing world matters. It was a friendly back-and-forth conversation in which two people were trying to get to some mutual understanding. What is the place of...
