by Leah Davis | Sep 2, 2026 | Opinion
The lectionary strikes again. I could not have chosen better texts to preach through as we approach what’s to come in our country over the next few months. This fall, the lectionary tells the story of the people in Exodus. Beginning with Moses’ birth and calling, all...
by Leah Davis | Aug 14, 2026 | Opinion
I’ll never forget looking across the plastic purple tablecloths to my then-five-year-old, Lydia, sitting next to one of the saints of our church. Bob, who was about 80 at the time, was helping Lydia string together the beads of an Advent bracelet: two purple beads,...
by Leah Davis | Aug 19, 2025 | Opinion
On a recent Sunday, I confessed to my suburban Washington, D.C. congregation something I had never done before in nearly 20 years of preaching and pastoring: I scrapped the previously written sermon and started over on Saturday night. Sure, I have altered sermons the...
