B47: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
October 11, 2021
“In a book called The Critical Years, Sharon Parks writes about going to Harvard as a new chaplain.” At a reception, a professor shared with her how hard it had been to send his son...
B36: The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
July 26, 2021
The woman who had just rear ended Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, came running at him, shaking her fists. “It was your fault!…This whole...
B19: Easter Sunday, Year B (2021)
March 29, 2021
“The traditional Gospel reading for Easter Sunday is John 20:1-18, where Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb early on the first day of the week, while it is still dark. You know that story. It’s...
B17: The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year B (2021)
March 15, 2021
“It’s only a hunch, but I have a hunch that the 23rd Psalm may have been among the first David ever wrote,” begins Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A...
B11: The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B (2021)
February 1, 2021
“You may not believe it, but those of us in the preaching profession sometimes wonder if it does any good. We work at our sermons week after week…and when Sunday comes we stand in the...