Love Walks on Wounded Feet
More Sermons for the Lectionary, Year A, Advent through Eastertide
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
In this new volume of sermons for the Common Lectionary (Revised), experienced preacher and pastor Bruce L. Taylor offers more theologically rich, sacramentally sensitive, and biblically centered proclamations for the Sundays and major feast days from Advent through Eastertide. As in his earlier sermon collections, readers will find in this first installment in a new series for the lectionary cycle a strong testimony to Christian unity and a deep appreciation of the heritage and contemporary relevance of the church as well as the importance of individual discipleship and commitment to prophetic servanthood. The collection includes examples of poignant story sermons which demonstrate how this style of preaching can be profound as well as engaging. Preachers, teachers of homiletics and practical theology, and devotional readers alike will find Love Walks on Wounded Feet to be a trustworthy and welcome companion for the Christian journey. Along the way, they will discover the treasures of the liturgical year and faithfully explore Matthew's Gospel and the accompanying Scripture passages commended for use in Christian worship during Year A of the lectionary cycle.
Bruce L. Taylor is a retired Presbyterian Church (USA) minister and attorney and lives in the foothills of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. He graduated from Northwestern University (BA), the University of Denver (JD), the Iliff School of Theology (MDiv), and Union Theological Seminary in Virginia (PhD), and has served congregations in Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Nevada, and Oklahoma. He remains active in congregational and denominational life and has published six previous Wipf and Stock titles.
“Almost two-thirds of my life has included writing, and my current work includes helping ministers write better. In Love Walks on Wounded Feet, Bruce Taylor offers a master class in fine writing, writing that carries the reader along, that paints, speaks, and sings, then opens the reader’s mind to think about familiar scriptures anew, allowing the Spirit to enter in, the essence of the preacher’s task.”
—James Hart Brumm, New Brunswick Theological Seminary
“People read collections of sermons for varied reasons: devotions, inspiration for writing their own sermons, further enlightenment on the weekly scripture readings appointed for the lectionary, book groups, students of homiletics, readers interested in learning more about the Christian tradition. Whatever your reason, this collection will make a valuable addition to your bookshelf.”
—David Eicher, editor, Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal