Have you heard of the song “Dem Bones”? Do you know who wrote that song? James Wheldon Johnson’s story illuminates Ezekiel 37. I was invited to preach at First Christian Church in Georgetown, Kentucky ...

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The Valley of Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37, 1 – 14). Wood engraving by Gustave Doré (French illustrator, 1832 – 1883), published in 1886. ZU_09/Getty Images who’ll sinew sinecured survive. Jon D. Levenson, ...

Your browser does not support the HTML5 Audio element. Ezekiel 37 is one of the most familiar in the entire book, but that familiarity really extends only to the ...

I suspect that not many daily homilies this past week have been preached on the first readings from the prophet Ezekiel. On Monday, the sudden death of his wife was the basis for his prophecy of the ...