The Rev. Carla Pratt Keyes, Pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches a sermon called, “If You’re Going to Live in My Love,” from John 15:9-17. “I have to say,” she begins, “I think it’s fun when themes of love and abiding show up in our lectionary close to Mother’s Day. It’s like getting a greeting card from God. Because these are the things we celebrate at Mother’s Day: things like love and home-making and family…and rules. ‘If you’re going to live in my love, you have to follow my rules!’ Jesus implies. Doesn’t that sound just like your mother?”
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NOTE: This sermon was originally released as B24: the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year B (2018)
Amy Butler, is a former Senior Minister of the Riverside Church in New York City, Founder of Invested Faith, and author of Beautiful and Terrible Things.
Michael Curry is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (USA), and the author of Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times
Brian McLaren is a speaker, an activist, and bestselling author of We Make the Road by Walking, Faith after Doubt, and his latest, Do I Stay Christian?
Will Willimon is a retired bishop in the United Methodist Church, a powerful preacher, and a prolific author. Click HERE to see his available books.